Sure they might have been sticklers for following the rules, but from being courted to dressing up for dinner, some Victorian ...

Adam Hart-Davis shows a life size recreation of the experiment Isambard Kingdom Brunel used to demonstrate the power of propellers. The teacher could bring in a Victorian map and ask the students to ...

Jet, a flat-black, opaque gemstone derived from wood that has experienced extreme compression over millions of years, was the ...

Author Veronica Chambers shares how her research into Ida B. Wells led to a new understanding of both of Wells and living and ...

All Gen Z slang might sound like “ skibidi ” to older generations, but every era has had its own confusing slang. For every ...

Blind Tiger in Portland, Maine, has fascinating connections to the Prohibition era and lots of classic charm.

Period thrillers place these gripping stories in fascinating moments from the past, creating an experience that can't be replicated by any other subgenre. From resonant war dramas like The Devil's ...

From stories set in Ancient Greece to colonial America, these are the biggest historical fiction books hitting shelves this ...

Emily Sullivan’s Duchess Material (Forever, Nov.) pairs a social justice–minded schoolteacher with a conservative duke in ...

Exploring Dickens’s unparalleled portrayal of 19th-century London, his social critique in Oliver Twist and his enduring ...

The Grand Island Public Library's annual Victorian tea party to honor its namesake, Edith Abbott, is planned for Sept. 14, at ...

A special audio tour in the Welsh language has been unveiled by an award-winning Powys visitor attraction this autumn.