‘That women stepped out of the roles we expected to find them in, and were involved in organised crime in this era, is great ... his depiction of brutal Victorian pugilist Henry ‘Sugar ...

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That said, the Victorian era—despite its “minor inconveniences” like rampant disease, laughably low life expectancy, and Gotham-level crime rates—has a certain charm. When done right ...

A traditional Victorian-era technique is an ideal way to heat your home without switching on the heating, and it remains as effective today as it was over a century ago. According to My Home ...

Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight has a new period drama, set in 1880s London and featuring a cast of tough, yet ...

Shade-loving gardeners like Joseph have been in on the secret since Victorian times. “In Britain, they called it the ‘fern craze,’” she says. “Sue Olsen, a founder of the Hardy Fern ...

The ashes of a man born in Victorian times are among an estimated 300,000 unclaimed across the UK, with funeral directors legally obliged to hold on to them until families come forward.

is ready for her close-up. The Italianate Victorian was designed by a prominent California architect in 1872, and after careful remodeling, has been restored to its original glory — and updated ...

A semihistorical melodrama of Victorian East London, with some characters drawn (and redrawn) from life, it’s set on the one hand around bare-knuckle backroom boxing and on the interlaced other ...

It's time for the "Victorian-era punishment" of smacking children to be banned in England as it "undoubtedly harms children's ...

Street children. audioStreet children ‘Street children’ consists of three episodes about what life was like for city children working to survive in the Victorian era. Chimney-sweeps.

This restriction bans moving of equipment, animals and products too. In 2024, seven southwestern Victorian farms were infected with the H7N3 strain, and one had the H7N9 strain. These infections ...