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 ...
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41 interesting posts about the Victorian era
The Victorian era can feel like a different world entirely, strange, elegant, and sometimes downright unbelievable. That’s ...
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 ...
The raw sewage in England’s rivers and seas is not just a story of corporate failure. It’s also a legacy of Victorian sewers – impressive and high-tech in their day, but with inequality and ...
The world's oldest wedding cake doesn't just look like it's from the Victorian Era; it actually is from the Victorian Era.
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 ...
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