Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people ...

It's 1864 and the height of industrialisation. The thrill of railway travel is shattered with the first murder that takes place on it. Join Anthony and Maddy as they pick apart the murder of wealthy ...

It is an ideology that continues to grip millions, not least because of its piercing critique of capitalism. And Communism's founders, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, used the social conditions they ...

Rickets is a disease of childhood caused by a vitamin D deficiency, explained Associate Professor of English Ann Kibbie. “Although it was widespread in the nineteenth century,” she said “it didn’t ...

As fall arrives, it can be tempting to pull out our thickest layers and resign ourselves to a season of full, opaque coverage—but one trend is making us reconsider. Victorian-style blouses, cut from ...

In his state banquet speech, Donald Trump said the bond between the United States and Britain was “unbreakable.” In truth, the British government has feared all week that one misstep during the US ...

‘We Tennysons are a black-blooded race’: Alfred, Lord Tennyson is the subject of a new biography - Getty Images If I asked you to draw Alfred, Lord Tennyson, I bet I know what you would produce: an ...

Britain's 'smallest hotel' has opened in a former Victorian lavatory beneath a bustling road. The Netty, nestled underneath St Giles in Oxford, has gone through an extraordinary 17-year makeover. The ...

Britain's smallest hotel has opened - in a former Victorian toilet under a busy road. The Netty, tucked underneath St Giles, in Oxford, has undergone an incredible 17-year transformation. The boutique ...

The University of Edinburgh’s ‘skull room’ holds one of the largest and most historically significant collections of ancestral remains (PA) Craniometry, the study of skull measurements, was widely ...

The restored facility will also offer affordable, inclusive wellness programming BRITAIN’S oldest Victorian Turkish baths have operated since 1904 and are still in their original use. Now, new funding ...

This book examines the growth of charity in nineteenth century Britain through the lens of the philanthropic activities of Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone, over a 40-year period. Sarah Flew ...