There was a certain fascination with death and mourning during the Victorian era, unsurprising perhaps, during a time where the...
Before online dating websites like Tinder or Match.com, how did our lonely ancestors find love? They placed advertisements in Matrimonial...
The Staff of Life For labourers in the nineteenth century, bread was indeed the staff of life. For the very...
On 24 February 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull or charter that began with the words Inter gravissimas...
Etiquette for Ladies Victorian ladies should consider the introduction of one acquaintance to another a matter of serious responsibility. When introducing a...
When Charles I first introduced public mail service in 1635, letters were carried from one ‘post’ to the next ‘post’...