He feared rising crime, liked to gossip and got up to "wicked tricks" with his girlfriend. All very modern preoccupations, you may think. But Nathaniel Bryceson was a Victorian, and his diary has just been published online, explains Ed Argar of Westminster Council.
"In my opinion a procession of aged parish paupers and almshouse inmates would make a much more pleasing sight." (Comment on stste opening of Parliament)
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