A Thousand Blows centres on Hezekiah Moscow (Malachi Kirby) and Alec Munroe (Francis Lovehall), best friends from Jamaica, who arrive in 1880s London and find themselves thrust into the bare-knuckle ...

Born in 1824 to creative parents, Wilkie Collins had the benefit of a varied education. This included continental travel to ...

We are shaped by our past and cannot escape our personal, familial or societal history. Caitlin Flanagan, whose writing in The Atlantic cuts to the heart of modern life’s most charged topics, has a ...

A popular Victorian-era Valentine Day’s card. Valentine Card by Jonathan King,1860-1880, London Museum., CC BY Christopher ...

Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic partners and other loved ones.

By Laurie Milner. Can a truly multi-racial society ever be achieved in modern Britain, or does history prevent it? By Diane Abbott. Thatcherism and the End of the Post-War Consensus by Dennis ...

Antique and vintage furnishings are inherently timeless; after all, if that table was beautiful in 1920 and still looks great ...

When this Queen Anne Victorian was built in 1893, it was quite the status symbol to have Povey glass on display. "People who put in that kind of glass were kind of showing off," said art-glass ...