Pilgrims and Pilgrims Empress Eugenie de Montijo Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in the royal carriage

There was great distress among the Spitalfields weavers at the end of the 18th century and the clergy were accused of indifference to their plight

Manchester United footballer George Best decorating his Edwardian boutique 7th December 1967

St James's Square and beyond

representing Shon-ap-Morgan

Pilgrims and Pilgrims Empress Eugenie de Montijo Queen Victoria and Prince Albert'Pilgrims and Pilgrims', 1873. A nattily dressed modern pilgrim casually lights a cigar as he talks about the perils of pilgrimage with the Ancient Pilgrim, dressed in the clothes of the past. He is carrying a staff, and the shell icon of a previous pilgrimage is in his hat. Here, Punch points up the devaluation of the religious tradition of pilgrimage which ought surely to carry with it a certain amount of renunciation and discomfort. From Punch, or