A £1.49m roof repair scheme at a Victorian market in Staffordshire has been completed. The Grade II listed Victorian market ...

The Victorians evolved this fruit pudding and began some of the traditions about luck that are now associated with it. Queen Victoria was the first to add coins to the mixture, apparently as a gesture ...

Victorians loved the aesthetic of paper flowers as decorations. There are hundreds of articles from the magazines of the time showing how to make different types of flowers. Most were highly elaborate ...

BBC Two has commissioned Lion Television to produce a new historical observational documentary, Victorian Farm. The six-part series will follow a team of people who become Victorian farmers and spend ...

BBC Two has commissioned a new three-part factual series about baking. Working title Victorian Bakers, the show follows a team of modern bakers as they recreate the lives of their Victorian ...

Organisers say cosplay allows people to present as their favourite characters in a safe space.

For many evenings before the tree arrived, the diligent woman of the Victorian house was secretly making ornaments by cutting shapes from coloured papers and card to adorn the Christmas tree. In order ...

A classic BBC period drama mini-series starring a young Alan Rickman is still hailed by fans, with one describing it as "wonderful". The Barchester Chronicles hit the small screen in 1982, and is an ...

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Earlier today, the BBC announced a number of new shows, including a three-part series based on H.G. Wells’ novel The War of the Worlds. The show is scheduled to go into production next spring, and it ...