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One of the exhibits at the Great Exhibition of 1851 that caused the VV most amusement was the invention of an alarm clock bed, created by Mr...

I have a deep abiding love for this pillow! Let's explore the anatomy of it's construction and then the options with a variety of fa...

This is the cover of  a royal journal which is now published online . It chronicles a tour made by Prince 'Bertie', then the Prince ...

The Princess Gowramma of Coorg: a steel engraving by Winterhalter and Grave  In the Victorian era, with the expansion of The Empire and the ...

I really need to stop traveling, because each time I visit another city, I'm terribly smitten. And of course DC was no exception. I visi...

I've been called an old soul, a 60-year-old in 20-something body, and, well, a snob (but I'm honest to goodness not!).  Sometimes it...

The Irish Potato Famine - 1847 They are going, going, going from the valleys and the hills, They are leaving far behind them the heathery mo...