People tend to think of the Victorian Era as a straitlaced, prim and proper age. After all, many (perhaps inaccurately) attribute the popular line “We are not amused” to Queen Victoria.But the ...

Learn about what Scottish people did for leisure and on holiday. BBC Bitesize Scotland History guide for primary school pupils at Second Level in Scotland's Curriculum for Excellence.

Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library ...

This delightful book is organized along the lines of a typical Victorian-era day, with descriptions of clothing, food, toilet visits, chores, leisure, health care, sex and child care.

Now its rich and varied history, which includes an 18-year stint as a concert, ballroom and bingo hall, will be celebrated as part of a series of national Heritage Open Days on Saturday 20th September ...

The notion of the Victorian era has historically been one of a formal, well-mannered, civilized and seemingly repressed society. New research challenges this neatly preserved image of Victorianism ...

Tanya Wexler’s “Hysteria” is just a simple little Victorian-era period film, full of pretty costumes and clever remarks, about the invention of the vibrator. Funny that Merchant-Ivory ...

Victorian-era re-imagined at ice cream social By Phyllis A.S. Boros , Senior Arts/Entertainment Writer June 13, 2014 Norwalk's Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum hosts its annual Victorian Ice Cream ...

HOLLYWOOD - We know for sure that a special episode of PBS' "Sherlock" is coming and that it is not set in the present, but rather the Victorian era. There are, however, many things that we don't ...