“In the 1880s and 1890s there was this very vibrant bare-knuckle boxing scene in the East End of London and there was also the emergence of what we now recognise as boxing with boxing gloves and ...

Scotland Yard’s Victorian history is a captivating tale of law enforcement evolution and forensic science breakthroughs. Simon Read, author of Scotland Yard: A History of the London Police Force ...

When we look at paintings, photographs or illustrations of Victorian London, it’s difficult to appreciate just how smelly the city was during the mid-1800s. But what caused it? The answer is not ...

Prosecutors have dropped a murder case against a woman who argued she was asleep when she stabbed her husband to death during a camping trip. Lawyers for Ilknur Caliskan said she was experiencing ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Victoria. Followed categories will be added to My News. Time is running out for Legalise Cannabis Party upper house members Rachel Payne and David Ettershank ...

Image: courtesy of the author Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, visited London as a tourist in 1866, a self-declared 'spinster on the rampage’ in the mid-Victorian metropolis.

The smoke is steam from an underground Energy Centre that generates heat and power for the 42-acre former brownfield industrial site that's now an upscale "village." ...