Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...

A historic Essex school dating back to the 19th century is set to be "sensitively" transformed into nearly 100 new homes next ...

Rogue Gothic is Victorian architecture at its most flamboyant, eccentric and colourful, and London is one of the best places ...

Claims of great antiquity are as common as £7 pints in London pubs (and only slightly more welcome). Every pub, it can ...

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in shocking numbers. Teaching ...

The National Lottery Heritage Fund is helping to create a dynamic range of activities at the centre including volunteering ...

A painstaking compilation of intimate family letters bringing voices from Bermuda’s past to the page will be launched next ...

The Mail Rail, or the Post Office Railway, covers 6.5 miles of London – from Whitechapel to Paddington. At its engineering peak, the rail used driverless electric chains and covered four million ...

If you’re looking to cut down on your consumption this year, you may benefit from recreating some Victorian DIY projects.