Tuesdays, Aug. 13 - Sept. 17, 2024 at 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Stream the series now with KPBS Passport! In WALKING VICTORIAN ENGLAND, historian Dr. Onyeka Nubia examines Victorian Britain from the ...

Ken Follett’s next historical epic is a story of forbidden romance set during a time of official propriety, the Victorian age ...

In the town of Burton upon Trent, a rotating team of volunteers has spent over 30 years restoring a Victorian pump house.

Unless you are a Victorian scholar, a mini crash-course on British Victorian history, culture and sociology would be helpful in order to really appreciate the new film "Effie Gray." A quick Wikipedia ...

The themed day took place at Cranbrook Education Campus as part of an immersive history event designed to support Years 5 and 6 pupils.

It's nearly 200 years since the birth of a British aristocrat who became the first Muslim member of the House of Lords. But few have heard of Lord Henry Stanley, who "defied convention and his ...

In an effort to discourage alcohol consumption during the late 19th century, British temperance groups produced and circulated "drink maps" showing where people in particular cities could buy booze.

In Victorian Britain, baking bread was far more dangerous and grueling than most people today would imagine. Bread was a daily staple across all classes, especially among the working poor, and the ...

It was in a dark, dusty basement that a former police officer discovered an old box - the contents of which were to reveal exactly how the woman suspected of being Britain's most "horrific" serial ...

In the March/April issue, I devoted this space to Unpacking My Library: Writers and Their Books, published by Yale University Press and edited by Leah Price, a scholar at Harvard. This column ...

Ready to press play on 'Victorian Britain on Film' on your favorite screen? Figuring out where to stream, rent, buy, or watch where to stream or rent this Alison Grist directed movie can be tricky so ...