The notorious Victorian era serial killer Jack the Ripper's identity may have been discovered after 130 years due to new DNA ...
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of the ...
Letting out a giant burp after a meal in China and Taiwan would be seen as the highest form of compliment, but not so if you ...
In order to reform idle convicts and combat crime that plagued the Victorian era, Sir William Cubitt invented the “everlasting staircase" in 1818. It was a large, imposing 24-spoked paddlewheel ...
A 200-year-old Victorian asylum is set to be transformed into a stunning five-star hotel and spa. Photographs taken from inside the eerie building after it ... asylums of that era were cold ...
Street children. audioStreet children ‘Street children’ consists of three episodes about what life was like for city children working to survive in the Victorian era. Chimney-sweeps.
The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and shipping booms, profound scientific discoveries, and the invention of ...