Editor’s Note: Robert Shoemaker is a professor of 18th-century British history at the University of Sheffield and Zoe Alker is a lecturer in 19th-century history and digital humanities at the ...

In rapidly industrializing Victorian England, rising crime levels (and public fretting over the “criminal classes”) led to a prison construction boom. Between 1842 and 1877, 90 prisons were built in ...

'Tis the season to indulge in your favorite Christmas traditions, whether that's hanging stockings or leaving milk and cookies out for Santa. Most modern traditions all fairly wholesome, too. But in ...

Tuesdays, Aug. 13 - Sept. 17, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! In WALKING VICTORIAN ENGLAND, historian Dr. Onyeka Nubia examines Victorian Britain from the ...

A 19th century dinosaur drawing filled with the drama and chaos they exemplified during this early era of dinosaur discovery. Smithsonian Library and Archives See more of our coverage in your search ...

Imagine waking up in pitch-black darkness, surrounded by heavy wooden walls, only to realize that you are trapped six feet underground. For people living in Victorian England, this horrifying scenario ...

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 ...

A couple weeks ago, I went to an event called the Fruitcake Redemption. Celebrating its third year at the New York City cooking-themed bookstore, Kitchen Arts & Letters, it beckoned home bakers to ...

“It is a genial, festive season, and we love to muse upon graves, and dead bodies, and murders, and blood.” According to Sara Cleto, an expert in folklore who spoke with History.com, Victorian-era ...