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The Victorian era takes its name from Queen Victoria, who ruled between 1837-1901. There were nine British prime ministers during the Victorian era. The Victorians are popularised by famed author Charles Dickens; the technological and social change caused by the industrial revolution; serial killer Jack the Ripper; and the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Find out everything you need to know about the Victorians here…

Late 19th and early 20th-century 'lock-up mugshots' show style-conscious villains staring down the camera

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Who were the real Peaky Blinders?

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Mrs Beeton: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A split image shows a vintage portrait of a 19th-century woman wearing a floral headpiece on the left and a modern actress in period costume portraying her on stage on the right

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Oh, Mary! makes a monster of Mary Todd Lincoln – but has history been too harsh?

A group of children in early‑20th‑century clothing gather on a dirt street in a working‑class neighbourhood. Several of the children are outlined in purple against the monochrome scene.

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The Victorians were facing a population crisis, until this ‘obscene’ invention turned out to be the solution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Harriet Martineau: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman in early 20th‑century clothing sits at a desk using a candlestick telephone, holding the receiver to her ear and speaking into the mouthpiece

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Ringing the changes: how the telephone transformed Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain and the looted African gold. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How Rasputin helped doom the Romanovs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life on the mean streets of 19th-century London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vladimir Lenin: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian coin with Queen Victoria’s profile placed beside a horseshoe and clover, traditional symbols of luck.

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Were the Victorians the luckiest people in history?

Statue of Queen Victoria with a humorous added cartoon smile and speech bubble reading “We are amused.”

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Think the Victorians were prudes? Their filthiest jokes will shock you

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Thomas Edison: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A digital collage featuring a Victorian-era woman in formal dress at the centre. Behind her are layered images including industrial smokestacks, ornate patterns, playing cards, and text from the book “The Mabinogion” by Lady Charlotte Guest. The overall style blends historical portraiture with abstract and industrial elements.

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10 children and 12,000 pieces of art: the remarkable life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How to be a Victorian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white illustration showing two men dressed in dark clothing and hats sitting in a rowing boat. One of them sits halfway in the boat, holding the oars. The other is leant over the front of the boat and is pulling the body of a woman out of the water. Behind them is a bridge with two large arches underneath it

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He's the Victorian serial killer you've never heard of – and we may now know who he was. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"The streets will run with blood!": the uprising that shook Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The ruthless revolution that made Britain great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A coloured engraving showing a large group queuing up to go into a dance ball. Each couple is holding hands, and the men are wearing high necked suits and the women are in long colourful gowns

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Lonely hearts and holiday flings: a brief history of dating. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vintage-style illustration of a laughing man and woman in Victorian clothing, shown close together and smiling broadly.

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Terrible puns and filthy limericks: the Victorian sense of humour. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Untold LGBTQ stories of the National Trust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white illustration shows a building on fire, with a woman throwing a young child out of the top window

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Humble Victorian heroes: the ordinary Britons who sacrificed their lives for others. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting the Mexican-American War.

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In 1848, the US ended a war with its neighbour and took its land. What happened next?

A portrait of Queen Victoria in front of an image of Buckingham Palace.

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Buckingham Palace was the height of royal power – so why did Queen Victoria and Albert hate it?

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A Victorian-era journalist snuck into an infamous asylum, and what she exposed shocked New York

A sketch showing a woman surrounded by men. One man is putting a hood over her head and another is reading from a book next to her

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These are four of the most brutal Victorian murders. Were women really the perpetrators?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Meet the reluctant US president who accidentally changed American political norms forever

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A short history of ghost hunting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fake news and the Dreyfus affair: the media-fuelled scandal that divided France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This William H. Mumler photograph shows a bearded man seated while a faint female “spirit” appears behind him. Mumler’s images — a blend of portraiture and supposed spirit photography — captivated Victorians eager for proof of the afterlife, even as critics accused him of trickery and photographic manipulation.

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Did he photograph the ghost of a president? Meet the scheming Victorian who exploited a grieving America

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