At The Telegraph, historian Leo Hollis:
Boris is not the kind of politician, one imagines, who plays with Victorian imagery lightly. His image of London is not the well-oiled and efficient industrial machine. This, after all, was an age that turned railway stations into cathedrals. The greatest improvement to Victorian London was the reworking of the sewerage system. I do not think Boris is would want to be remembered for that. No, the mayor has got his 19th century back to front.
Improving stuff. Now read on.
