Victorian History

In addition to the attempts, serious and otherwise, made on the life of Victoria, there were numerous instances of what John Ashton, in Gos...

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...