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Life in Victorian Britain

Veteran cars – a 1898 Benz and an early Panhard – outside Glover Brothers Cycle Makers, c1900. (Photo by National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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How the Victorians ruined the world

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The weird and wonderful world of Victorian entertainment

Charles Darwin sports his trademark bushy beard in 1877. (Photo by Corbis Historical/Getty Images)
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From Charles Darwin’s beard to George Eliot’s right hand: 4 famous Victorian bodily quirks

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Thomas Telford: the man who built modern Britain

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The French ballerina who became wealthier than Queen Victoria

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6 strange newspaper stories that shocked Victorian Britain

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History explorer: the arts and crafts movement

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Life in 19th-century slums: Victorian London’s homes from hell

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5 hidden killers of the Victorian home

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In pictures: Victorian homelessness

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The Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men

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Q&A What was 'pigging'?

The Victorians' grisly fascination with murder. (Illustration by Ben Jones for BBC History Magazine)
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The Victorians’ grisly fascination with murder

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History explorer: Life in the Victorian workhouse

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Life in the workhouse and British biographies

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