Dr. Bob Nicholson joins WIRED to answer the internet's most intriguing queries about Victorian England. How did people entertain themselves in England in the 1800's? Why was openly showing feelings ...

Eliza Scarlet teams up with a Scotland Yard Detective known as “The Duke” to solve crimes in Victorian England together. When her father dies, Eliza Scarlet finds herself facing a difficult choice. As ...

When sisters Charlotte and Katie Manye found out they were going to England in 1891, they were overjoyed — "leaping and whirling ... in a dance of triumph" Katie Manye said of their journey. "To ...

After spending a considerable amount of time enjoying roughly five play-throughs in Half-Life 2, I've noticed the European influences on the setting. Specifically distinct similarities with Victorian ...

The raw sewage in England's rivers and seas is not just a story of corporate failure. It's also a legacy of Victorian sewers—impressive and high-tech in their day, but with inequality and exploitation ...

Many Victorian dishes do not sound that appetizing. People during this era consumed some incredibly strange food and drink, either through necessity or simple desire. One example? Egg wine. Another?

The Victorian period is also when some of our most famous and most beloved ghost stories and horror stories were first written. Think about, you know, the work of Edgar Alan Poe or, of course, Bram ...