The railway in Kent, East Sussex and South East London has kicked off a year of celebration marking the 200th anniversary of the railway with an event at Deptford – the oldest railway station in ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

During the Victorian era ( 1837-1901), a practice called floriography became famous. It was the art of giving flowers with special meanings.

It establishes a Fingerprint Bureau at the tail end of the Victorian era in 1901,” says Read. “Fingerprints are complex. … CID head Edward Henry develops a system for sorting them based on ...

Jack Hayward, who has lived in the Wiltshire town for most of his life, says the 150-year-old "Great Wall of Swindon" represents the "struggles of generations of families". He said the area around the ...

Hidden away in one of Surrey’s smaller railway stations is an historic treasure. While most people just pass though, the ...

A classic of American literature is being adapted into a Netflix series, starring Florence Pugh, and with parts of New Zealand as its backdrop. The seven-part series East of Eden, based on John ...

Today's Object of the Week is a plume of sulphurous water, which is still gushing 189 years after its discovery.

NOVI SAD, Serbia (AP) — Serbia's students will lead mass demonstrations and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river ...

When one of Anglesey's finest civic buildings went up in flames, days before Christmas in 2023, its owner feared the worst. Tristan Haynes bought the Victorian-era Shire Hall building in Llangefni in ...

There is no more romantic way to travel than by riding the rails, and these are the most magnificently beautiful train ...

A senior railway official said the demolition will commence after getting an expert opinion. “It is a British-era bridge constructed ... through the Tiruchy Fort station runs under the bridge.