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John Ruskin ponders penguins. . .
John Keats borrows a book from the journalist Thomas Alsager. . .
An 1849 court case shapes current discussions about British libel law. . .
Jeannette Winterson restores a Victorian building in the Cotswolds. ....
Some of Jack the Ripper's victims appear to have been living respectable domestic lives just a few years before their murders, according to census records that went online today.
The company findmypast.com trawled records of Britain's 1881 census for...
Here's the trailer (below) for the upcoming film Creation, which is based on the book Annie's Box by Charles Darwin's great-great-grandson Randal Keynes and shot in part at Down House, the Darwin family home in Kent.
The film, which opened the recent...
The Victorians adored dogs, which were by far the most popular domestic pet of the era, and perhaps no breed was more beloved than the Newfoundland, a frequent subject of artists such as Sir Edwin Landseer, Arthur Batt, George Earl, Samuel West, John...
The film The Young Victoria, which tells the story of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne, her first shaky steps as monarch, and the courtship that led to one of the most famous romances of all time, will open in the U.S. on November 13. It stars...
