Thomas Worth’s 1872 illustration for the Household Edition of The Old Curiosity Shop highlights her grandfather’s grief at losing Little Nell. (Thomas Worth via George P. Landow/Victorian Web) Modern ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Modern medicine has enabled ...

The 13-pound Chihuahua, who hates men, children and other animals, was also described as "a chucky doll in a dog's body." Now, he has found a home... Good news: Prancer has been adopted. The ...

Sometimes history offers a marker of how far we've come. Sometimes, there's He-Man. It's not at all surprising that we're still knee-deep in Victorian mores. That doesn't make it any less uncanny — or ...

The Victorian disease can lead to serious complications if left untreated - find out all the signs to look out for below WHEN Indigo Duffy developed a sore throat after attending a gig she assumed it ...

A unique databank that profiles children with hearing loss will help researchers globally understand why some children adapt and thrive, while others struggle. A unique Victorian databank that ...

When animal shelters present their dogs for adoption, they generally boost their best traits: sweet, gentle, playful, good with kids. Then came Igor. “Ever wanted to adopt a sentient middle finger ...

"You're a bad, wicked boy," Robert Coombes' aunt tells himwhen the decaying body of his mother is discovered in her bedroom, 10 days after he stabbed her. Readers attuned to Kate Summerscale's ...

Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely died in ...

Good news: Prancer has been adopted. The 2-year-old, 13-pound Chihuahua mutt not so charitably described as "a chucky doll in a dog's body" was listed for adoption this month in an unusually honest ad ...