The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...

Or even crazy? Or just rebelling against the social constraints of their time? Victorian Lettering: Jenna Blazevich They say Alice Christina Abbott’s weapon of choice was a cup of tea.

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Topics include: life as a Victorian chimney-sweep, Victorian servants, Victorian railways, famous Victorians, Victorian inventions, Queen Victoria, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Victorian children.

For every “gyatt” today (originally a variation of “god damn”, now referring to a curvy woman) there was a “dog my cats” or “od’s fish” in the Victorian era (both also meant ...

Lucio Vasquez is a newscast producer at Houston Public Media, NPR’s affiliate station in Houston, Texas. Over the last four years, he’s covered a wide range of topics, from politics and ...

The Victorian Supernatural explores the sources of these beliefs in their literary, historical and cultural contexts. The collection brings together essays by scholars from literature, history of art ...

New figures reveal that hundreds of people across Yorkshire have been hospitalised due to a rare skin condition. The NHS data indicates a rise in diagnoses of scabies, a rash triggered by tiny ...

The Victorian government has wished Scotland well after it stepped in to host the 2026 Commonwealth Games, following Victoria's withdrawal from the event. The-then Andrews government scrapped the ...

The “Paris effect”, as Hauser & Wirth president Marc Payot put it, was in full swing as the third Art Basel Paris opened to ...

"I realised afterwards that I had no flood insurance … only fire insurance." Several Victorian rivers rose amid heavy rainfall during October 2022, inundating thousands of homes and businesses ...