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Victorian England

Review: Homunculus by James P. Blaylock

Alice Charles | Posted 23.04.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Victorian England, London, Steampunk, Books, Literature, UK Culture, Reading, Culture, UK Entertainment News
Alice Charles

As a Londoner born and bred, I found Blaylock's view of Merry Olde England (complete with bangers and peapots) curious to say the least. He appears to have gotten carried away with his research, throwing in London street names and locations with abandon.

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In Waging War On Sexist Trolls, Feminists Echo The Victorian Ladies Who Campaigned Against Men's 'Coarse Jests'

Brendan O'Neill | Posted 26.03.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Misogyny, Professor Mary Beard, Abuse, Victorian England, Feminism, Internet, Sexism, UK Politics News
Brendan O'Neill

Again and again, the assumption is made that women - far more so than men or teenage boys - are not cut out for negotiating the often dark, offensive internet. And so they need protecting from it; websites that offend them must be closed, and trolls who troll them must be silenced.

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'Hysteria': Vibrators, Blanket Hornpipes And Why The Victorians Were No Prudes

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Hugh Dancy, Victorian, Hysteria, Vibrator, Sex, Slidepollajax, Victorian England, Maggie Gylenhaal, Sheridan Smith, Masturbation, UK Entertainment News

This weekend will see the London release of the film Hysteria – a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator in Victorian England. Base...

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The Movies 200 Years Before Cinema

Andrew Gill | Posted 16.10.2012 | Home
Read More: Lanternist, Photography, Photos, Film, Cinema, Old Pictures, Old Photos, Victorian England, Home News
Andrew Gill

In 1961, when I was eleven years old, my father bought a rusty, tin magic lantern and a box of glass slides from a junk shop and I can still recall the excitement of giving my first show to friends.

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Bring Back Victorian Loos!

Jonathan Fryer | Posted 12.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: London, Tower Hamlets, South Korea, Olympics, Public Conveniencs, Victorian England, Toilets, UK Lifestyle News
Jonathan Fryer

There were many things bad about the Victorian era; think workhouses, pollution and child labour. But one thing Victorians in Britain could rightly be proud of - and about which their modern counterparts should be heartily ashamed - was the provision of rightly-named Public Conveniences.

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