Structures remaining from the height of the British Empire reveal changing economic, medical and education trends from the ...

This room-by-room guide brims with delightful description and discussion of the Victorians and their domestic environments. Flanders (A Circle of Sisters, which was shortlisted for the Guardian First ...

The Victorian Society pubishes a list of the top 10 most endangered buildings in England and Wales.

Pupils have stepped back in time to experience life in Victorian Britain. The themed day took place at Cranbrook Education Campus as part of an immersive history event designed to support Years 5 and ...

Social historian Flanders (Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England) does a superb job of demonstrating the role that the press and fiction writers played in shaping ...

In Victorian Britain, music was more than entertainment — it was a social glue, a marker of refinement, and a reflection of cultural values. From parlor pianos to hymn books, music shaped how people ...

All those episodes of “Masterpiece Theater” have left an indelible image of the Victorian era as a time of civility and restraint. People of that time may have been hypocrites, but at least they were ...

Originally published under the title: The Victorian house : domestic life from childbirth to deathbed. London : HarperCollins, 2003. Publisher's description: The Victorian age is much closer to us in ...