Victorian History
An idiosyncratic selection of short bits about elements of Victorian history.
Monday, April 28, 2014
Bryant, May and the Match Girls Part 2
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Unlike the 1871 "strike," the 1888 walkout was not over taxes on matches. It was concerned primarily with wages and working condi...
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Friday, April 25, 2014
Bryant, May and the Match Girls
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When I started to explore the match girls' strike of 1888, I was not surprised to learn that there was a long history of problems in the...
Monday, January 06, 2014
Conquering the Channel
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A Caricature of Captain Matthew Webb ( Vanity Fair , 9 October 1875) shortly after his conquest of the English Channel With the failure...
Sunday, January 05, 2014
The Challenge of the Channel
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With the growth of leisure time in the later years of Victoria's reign, the variety of sports both for participants and spectators grew ...
Friday, December 20, 2013
The Ashes
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The Ashes Cricket may well be the most English of games, and there is certainly no more fiercely fought series than the clashes betwee...
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