Victorian architects knew how to design homes to stay cooler, and their techniques could be used today.
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Victorians were acutely aware of the health problems which could come from devotion to the ‘gospel of work’.
MPs were forced to respond, passing legislation which raised the age at which girls could consent to sexual intercourse from 13 to 16.
Victorians found a way to anonymously tell people they didn’t like exactly how they felt.
The Victorians believed there was a link between consuming gelatin and bone health.
‘Never put onion in anything unless you are sure that everybody likes it.’
These Victorian paper projects will reduce unnecessary spending, and as gifts they’re much more personal and meaningful.
Mothers are smudged out and poorly cloaked beneath drapes in these 19th century portraits. But these photos are not so much relics of shoddy photography than an ode to childhood.
The pavements in cities were just not a pleasant setting for a stroll.
H.B. Tristram was a Victorian clergyman and ornithologist who categorised a list of birds he’d found in Palestine.
The exhibition celebrates and interrogates the cultural afterlives of Victorian Britain.
From pulling faces to reading the bumps on your head, these historic leisure activities could be handy for a rainy summer day.
Why the UK still loses 3 billion litres of water a day through leaks.
More is more in #cluttercore, the new interior trend championed by the young maximalists of TikTok.
The Victorians are to blame for our conservative ideas about how a pregnant body should look
Marrying the husband of your deceased sister was legally considered incest, leaving women of all classes in ruinous circumstances.
‘Attention snacking’ may help keep us alert.
Despite arguments that young children have enjoyed Jane Eyre for 150 years, the Victorians were much more concerned about the novel’s influence than universities are today.
In an era before clinical trials, medical writers drew on the stories of explorers as evidence about the health effects of different foods and drinks.
Expanding railways and changes in labour practices meant that the Victorians had time for a proper holiday and many took to the British coast.
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