A review of Iwan Rhys Morus's How the Victorians Took Us to the Moon: The Story of the 19th-Century Innovators Who Forged Our Future. Pegasus Books. 2022.
Thanks for the review, Michael. As you mention Punch cartoons, you might enjoy this one from 1906 which seems to foresee a cultural context more in sync with our own in its depiction of the isolating quality of mobile phone use: https://magazine.punch.co.uk/image/I0000uf21lEwHGH4
Thanks for the review, Michael. As you mention Punch cartoons, you might enjoy this one from 1906 which seems to foresee a cultural context more in sync with our own in its depiction of the isolating quality of mobile phone use: https://magazine.punch.co.uk/image/I0000uf21lEwHGH4