The Victorian era lasted a whopping 63 years, from 1837 to 1901, when Queen Victoria ruled over Great Britain and Ireland. It was an age of steam trains, gas lamps, and letters that took days to ...

The Arts Society, Isle of Wight, is set to present its latest lecture on December 2. (Image: The Arts Society, Isle of Wight) A lecture on Victorian and Edwardian architectural and garden design is ...

They were the pint-sized success stories of Melbourne’s property boom but Victorian and Edwardian cottages are no longer the goldmine they once were. Real estate agents say renovated single-fronted ...

Period properties are incredibly appealing to buyers. But, unless you’re a property expert (or have done lots of research), telling them apart can be challenging. Mike Fitzgerald, executive chairman ...

The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914. By Simon Heffer. Random House Books; 897 pages; £30. IN the late Victorian and early Edwardian period of 1880-1914, at least (see article), Britain had a ...

The late Victorians and the Edwardians lived through a domestic revolution. Theirs was a bold and exciting age of innovation, groundbreaking discoveries and dramatic scientific changes, many of which ...

"There was more to the Victorians than public-school floggings, big whiskers and a canting disapproval of sex," says The Times of London. "During the 80 years or so following Queen Victoria's ...

Of All Sorts and Conditions: Transcoding Class in late-Victorian and Edwardian Fiction. (Book proposal of collected essays) As Patricia Ingham illustrates in The language of gender and class: ...

A century ago, they would have stood as majestic signs of Britain's industrial and civic strength. But now, after decades of decline, a department store, an indoor market and a flour mill have been ...

Birnbeck Pier was used as a secret weapons testing site during World War Two Britain's only pier built around an island and a boat store of "worldwide importance" are among this year's top 10 most ...