Jacqueline Riding
Historian and art historian, author of Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London (Profile, 2026), and a curator and consultant for TV and film with expertise in social and cultural history.
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Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
Jacqueline Riding, "Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London" (Profile Books, 2025)
Jacqueline Riding, historian, art historian and author of Hard Streets, traces working-class life in Chaplin’s South London. She explores street theatre, music halls and local arts as routes out of poverty. She maps urban change, reform, workhouses, women's labour and community institutions that shaped everyday survival and aspiration.
Feb 5, 2026 • 1h 4min
Jacqueline Riding, "Hard Streets: Working-Class Lives in Charlie Chaplin’s London" (Profile Books, 2025)
Jacqueline Riding, historian and curator who researches social and cultural history, explores working-class London around Chaplin’s rise. She traces neighborhood change, street culture as informal arts training, music-hall economics and pathways to mobility. The conversation highlights local institutions, politics, household survival and vivid personal stories from Lambeth and Woolwich.
