The sweets were replaced by small gifts and paper hats in the late Victorian period, and remain in this form as an essential part of a modern Christmas. Decorating the home at Christmas also ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login Late Victorian Orientalism is a work of scholarly research pushing forward disciplines into new areas of enquiry. This collection of essays ...

A stroll in the nation's capital has added resonance, conjuring spooky apparitions, history and a few former presidents.

Case in point: Victorian-style homes. With their ornate gingerbread trim, turrets and towers along the roofline, and ...

It was Queen Victoria's German-born husband Prince Albert who first introduced Christmas trees to England. In 1841 he put one up in Windsor Palace, word got around and the custom filtered down ...

Lady Elizabeth Longman, who died in 2016 aged 92, was one of the royal couple's eight bridesmaids and a lifelong friend of the late Queen, wore the white, tulle dress at their Westminster Abbey ...

Check if you have access via personal or institutional login A reappraisal of the late Victorian Navy, the so-called 'Dark Ages', showing how the period was crucial to the emergence of new technology ...

President Biden apologized on Friday for the abuses children experienced at the government-run schools, which were designed ...

Diana’s dress, created for her 1981 wedding to the Prince of Wales, was an iconic creation that will always be associated with the late princess. It was a time when big was in, and Diana walked ...

Diana’s dress, created for her 1981 wedding to the Prince of Wales, was an iconic creation that will always be associated with the late princess. It was a time when big was in, and Diana walked ...