When Oscar Wilde was jailed for "gross indecency," a charge historically used to criminalize gay sex, his library card was revoked. 130 years later, the British Library has re-issued it.

Eliza Scarlet teams up with a Scotland Yard Detective known as “The Duke” to solve crimes in Victorian England together. When her father dies, Eliza Scarlet finds herself facing a difficult choice. As ...

CASES of a killer disease prevalent during the Victorian era have been on the rise – and symptoms could be mistaken for flu or Covid, warn health chiefs. The disease is preventable and ...

Jigs will be danced, the streets of London will be strolled, ale will be consumed and all kinds of other entertainments will be enjoyed on the opening day of the Great Dickens Christmas Fair at the ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of the weirdest and most reality-shifting moments in science. On Feb. 20, 1824, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society in London, the world was ...

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 exploitation ...

TB, the Victorian superbug that features in the novels of Charles Dickens and many of his peers, is making a comeback in ...

Hayley Kiyoko's first book, Girls Like Girls, took the world by storm becoming an instant bestseller as she brought fans ...

Whatever you call it and however you use it, this birch wood cart with white enameled wheels attracted $2,650 at auction. Teatime comes to modern times. Scandinavian modern design gives an Artek tea ...