Before digital databases and forensic science, the faces of crime in Victorian England were captured on glass plates and sepia film. These mugshots, taken in dim police stations across the 19th ...
Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people entertain themselves in England in the 1800's? Why was openly showing feelings ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Victorian-style kitchen table with cooking tools, eggs, bread, and apples - Buzzard films/Shutterstock The Victorian era of ...
Everything you need to know about the five horror diseases making an unwelcome comeback, examining their status, risks, and ...
Some archaeologists excavate Roman ruins. Others dig up garbage. In England, a project is underway to study what people threw out in Victorian... Digging Up The Roots Of Modern Waste In Victorian-Era ...
Many Victorian dishes do not sound that appetizing. People during this era consumed some incredibly strange food and drink, either through necessity or simple desire. One example? Egg wine. Another?
When Emily Brontë published Wuthering Heights in 1847, many critics found it disturbing. “It is a compound of vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors,” opined Philadelphia’s Graham’s Magazine. Set ...
Dr Ruth Emily Sylvester has previously received funding from EPSRC for her PhD studies. This article is partly based on findings and outputs from her doctoral research. The raw sewage in England’s ...
The Victorian era took place from June 20, 1837, to January 22, 1901, in the United Kingdom. It got its namesake from the ruler at the time, Queen Victoria. The era is long gone, but modern ...