In 1866, journalist Andrew Halliday led his readers on a guided tour of one of London’s foremost card manufacturers – to ...

A London penthouse in a converted warehouse that was featured in the 1968 film “Oliver!” has hit the market for £1.85 million ...

To mark Valentine’s Day here are some love-themed stories from Essex history, some with happy endings, some with bloody ones.

The celebrated Riverside Dickens Festival will return to downtown Riverside next week, boasting entertainment reminiscent of ...

While more than 400 pubs shut their doors in 2024, one pub enthusiast is making it his mission to visit every single UK pub as he warns its more vital than ever to support your local boozer amid pendi ...

The Victorian Era was a time of the Industrial Revolution, with authors Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin, the railway and ...

These masterpieces cemented Dickens's legacy as one of the greatest literary figures of all time. Dickens also worked as an ...

Smithfield means ‘smooth field’ and, though the Romans called it by a different name, they recognised that this green expanse was too useful to be covered in houses.

Scotland Yard’s Victorian history is a captivating ... key milestones and challenges faced by the London Metropolitan Police—from Charles Dickens’s ride-alongs to the advent of ...

To mark 100 years since an unassuming house in Bloomsbury was saved from being turned into a hotel -- and became the Charles ...