Victorian History

During Victoria's long reign there were seven "incidents" which might be considered assassination attempts.  In reality, most ...

General Tom Thumb (Picture courtesy of Paul Frecker, London ) On the 20th of February 1844, an advertisement appeared in The Times annou...

As the festive season is upon us, I recently had contact with an old friend who told me she was in the midst of making her annual figgy pudd...

  Reading Bob Nicholson's delightful article, "Racy Yankee slang has long invaded our language" which appeared in the Guardian...

Child Prostitute; year 1871; inscription at the back: Mary Simpson a common prostitute age 10 or 11 year. She has been known as Mrs. Ber...