Queen Victoria and the Cult of Death

Update: 2025-11-19

Description

Warning: Please be advised that this episode contains content that may be upsetting to some listeners

Queen Victoria’s grief not only shaped her own reign but also inspired the Victorian era’s deep fascination with death and mourning.

Join James Grasby and curator Clara Woolford as they uncover how funerary practices, attitudes toward the dead, and one monarch’s sorrow came to define an age.

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Production:

Host: James Grasby

Producer: Pippa Tilbury-Harris & Michelle Douglass

Sound Editor: Jesus Gomez

Contributor:

Clara Woolford

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You can learn more about Victorian life with a visit to Cragside in Northumberland:

Cragside | Northumberland | National Trust

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