Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Afortnight ago, Victorian opposition leader Brad Battin thought he was heading into a good week. A video of brazen teenagers ...

The Victorian interest in Mermaids and sirens is also linked to anxiety about prostitutes and sexually transmitted diseases. Here to tell me all about this fascinating phenomenon is Cecilia Rose.

It’s that latter kind of place that is highlighted by the Victorian Society in its annual ‘top 10 endangered buildings’ list. The Victorian Society is a charity dedicated to preserving and ...

Now on sale for £2.25m, the Victorian Society, which compiled the list, said it may be the "final opportunity to restore a vital piece of Penarth's maritime and architectural heritage".

Hiding her true identity behind more than 40 aliases, con artist Annie Gordon Baillie made a living swindling shopkeepers across Victorian Britain. But in the 1880s, the Scottish fraudster took ...

A Victorian-era disease is spreading across the world and could soon become an endemic, an expert warns. Measles is among the most contagious viruses humans can face with its sickly consequences ...

A pharmacist has issued a stark warning that everyday medications could be fuelling a resurgence in diseases reminiscent of the Victorian era, such as scurvy, shingles and rickets. Millions of ...

Contrary to the belief that typhoid fever is a relic of the Victorian era, when it indeed was a serious threat - even to the extent of claiming the life of Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband ...

One doctor said they had seen patients over the past three months with diseases that were common in the Victorian era, such as scabies. Scabies is an itchy rash caused by mites and spread through ...

The latest infectious disease data shows a concerning rise in cases of a Victorian-era disease, with health officials warning that Britain risks losing its "low level" status for the contagious ...

The Victorian era can broadly be defined as the time in which ... Victorians wanted to enjoy themselves as well, and this was seen in the explosion of prostitution and venereal disease during the era.