Victorians

A collection of 8 Posts

Meet me at the Cemetery Gates post image

Meet me at the Cemetery Gates

Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries

Cherry the Pioneering Dog post image

Cherry the Pioneering Dog

Paul Koudounaris traces the modern tradition of pet commemoration back to its roots in Victorian England

Cocainomania post image

Cocainomania

Mike Jay on Sherlock Holmes and the detective's changing relationship with cocaine

From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead post image

From the Boy Who Never Grew Up to the Woman Who Lived with the Dead

Judith Flanders turns her attention on the Victorians' peculiar obsession with dying

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie post image

The Dictionary People with Sarah Ogilvie

Sarah Ogilvie on the personalities behind the pages

Dickensland with Lee Jackson post image

Dickensland with Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson on the trail of Charles Dickens

Monsieur Auguste Gaudron and his Fabulous Balloon post image

Monsieur Auguste Gaudron and his Fabulous Balloon

Katie Munnik relates the true story of Louisa Maud Evans, a fourteen-year old girl who tumbled 8,000 feet into the Bristol Channel

Victorians Re-Dressed post image

Victorians Re-Dressed

Emily Sharmer presents an alternative glimpse into Victorian era fashion