InIntriguing TimesbyJason Ward·Nov 3The Time Isambard Kingdom Brunel Nearly Killed Himself Doing a Magic TrickIn 1843, the famous British engineer accidentally inhaled a gold coin while entertaining his children. When doctors couldn’t remove it, he…A response icon1A response icon1
InILLUMINATIONbyThe Quiet Hours·Oct 24Fourteen Hours a Day for Four Shillings. Then Her Jaw Started to Glow.In 1888, the women of Bryant & May ate their bread in rooms thick with white phosphorus vapour. The safe alternative existed. It cost more.A response icon1A response icon1
InIntriguing TimesbyJason Ward·Oct 3The Half-Clothed Women Miners Who Shocked Victorian BritainChildren crawled through two-foot tunnels for twelve-hour shifts. But half-clothed women caused a different kind of scandal.A response icon1A response icon1
InE³ — Entertain Enlighten EmpowerbyRupert Taylor·Oct 1The Mystery of Brown Windsor SoupSaid to be a favourite dish of Queen Victoria, although she never actually ate itA response icon3A response icon3
InILLUMINATION ScholarbyNazli Aydin (Misselbereth)·Sep 29The Invisible Architecture of the Leaky CauldronWhy Hidden Spaces Are the Peak of Urban Planning (and a Headache for Surveyors)A response icon3A response icon3
Jamie Walsh MA·Sep 23We do like to be beside the seasideRailroads, class & Victorian leisure: How did the U.K seaside holiday actually begin?
PAUL WOODTHORPE·Sep 20The Bizarre Story of the Man Who Ate Hundreds of Oysters and Never Paid a CentIn the mid-nineteenth century, oysters were not the high-end luxury reserved for black-tie galas or high-end seafood bars that we know…
Kevin J. W. Driscoll·Sep 20Charles Dickens — Chapter 3The Reporter Finds His VoiceA response icon1A response icon1
Lily Grace Morgan·Sep 13Victorian Slang That Should Make a ComebackDuring the writing process of my debut Neo-Victorian novel, one of the things I’ve enjoyed most is learning slang and phrases that are now…A response icon2A response icon2
