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Charlotte Alington Pye, who was born in Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1830, gained fame under her pen name of Claribel. She sold ...
BFI’s collection of Victorian 68mm film – the “IMAX of their day” – afforded protected status as part of a collection of 300 titles that will be added to UNESCO’s register.
By TJ Ray Columnist During the years I was on the County Planning Commission, at a very heated public  hearing about some ...
Madame Tussauds, now a global wax museum brand, has its roots in the French Revolution, where Marie Tussaud crafted death ...
The jaunty image of the Victorian child chimney sweep is indelibly romantic, evoking the picturesque London glamorized in Mary Poppins. But the truth is that chimney sweep kids – and children living ...
The look was most reminiscent of Victorian-Edwardian era fashion when ‘18-inch waists’ were all the rage. In the Victorian and Edwardian Eras (1837-1901 and 1901–1910), fashion idolised tiny ...
More than 50 navigational fingerposts from the early 20th Century have been restored. Cumberland Council said the cast iron posts, which are recognised by their distinctive black and white bands ...
At the 2019 election, 10 Victorian seats – six for Labor and ... There would have been no Howard era if Victoria’s voting behaviour was replicated nationally.” So, are we nearing the imminen ...
Victorian councils could be allowed to charge residents more amid the cost-of-living crisis after an ALP policy committee recommended a cap on rate hikesbe loosened — and then dumped. Leaked ...