In the Victorian era, pregnancy was cloaked in secrecy, with fashion used to hide growing bellies beneath corsets, layers, and modest silhouettes.

Victorian society clearly had an appetite for Dickens’ warm-hearted wisdom. A Christmas Carol was a smashing success, selling out its first run of 6,000 copies by Christmas Eve.

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian society Brigit Katz - Correspondent Works like Tissot's The Convalescent ...

The Victorian Society’s annual top 10 list of buildings and structures in need of rescue was described as ‘terrifying’ by president Griff Rhys Jones.

Victorian society, with all of its rigid morality, was especially fond of lies, Towne added: “It seems like it wasn’t fashionable to be truthful.

How Dinosaurs Rocked Victorian Society. In “Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party,” the science writer Edward Dolnick takes on the 19th-century discovery of dinosaur fossils: ...

The Gold Camp Victorian Society began in 1999 by still-active member Kathi Pilcher out of a desire to stroll the streets of Cripple Creek in Victorian-Era clothing to highlight the city’s prime.

This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of the weirdest and most reality-shifting moments in science. On Feb. 20, 1824, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society in London, the world was… ...

The first female professor to work at a state university in Colorado, Mary Rippon, had a secret that Victorian society forced her to keep hidden: a marriage and child with one of her students.

How Golden Peacocks on a Dining Room Wall Destroyed a Longstanding Friendship in Victorian Society Paintings, sketches and correspondence shed light on the drama surrounding the famed “Peacock ...

The Victorian Society said it is now "in a state of increasing decay" and may soon be unable to support the artists who now use it as a studio. Image: Jesmond Dene Banqueting Hall.