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With maximalism trending in interior design, homeowners are looking to the Victorian era for inspiration. These fancy vases can add instant luxury to any space.

“Don’t forget to speak scornfully of the Victorian Age, there will be time for meekness when you try to better it.” With that challenging epigraph borrowed from James M. (Peter Pan) Barrie, a ...

The Industrial Revolution completely changed many aspects of society, with one of the biggest changes being the types and number of jobs that existed. As technology advanced, workers were needed to ...

Source: Carl Rudolph Sohn (1845-1908) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons The Victorian society of the late 1800s was obsessed with death. Queen Victoria set the tone for this after the death of ...

It took computing historians until the late 1970s to recognize Victorian-era mathematician Ada Lovelace — once best known as the daughter of poet Lord Byron — as the world’s first computer programmer.

Queen Victoria was said to be so fond of sponge cake that a specific type eventually shared her name. What other classic ...

The Victorian era remains a popular setting for historical dramas on film. However, the vision of the Victorian world offered by these dramatizations is not always an accurate one. Here are a number ...