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What is so Victorian about an octopus?
Was it the shape of a Victorian dress, a hairdo, or something else entirely? From the octopus tattoo to the etsy iPhone case, consumers of contemporary Victorian culture love octopi. What is so...
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Greenaway Vogue
Kate Greenaway was the author and artist of Victorian childhood by the 1890s. She drew the idyllic images of Victorian children that we think of today and she drew many of the images children were...
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Margaret McMillan, Lady Meux's Paid Companion
"Men come here, distinguished men, but not their women. I am outside ... It is only right to tell you, that it isn't a good thing for you to come here. You might not get another post."Source.According...
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For Rich or Poor: Creepy Victorian Food
Man people still didn't have a kitchen at home in the 1890s. In tenement houses, whole families lived in a single room , which might be shared with as many as six other whole families. Eating out,...
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Snuff and Nonsense: Tobacco in the 1890s
Jack. Well, yes, I must admit I smoke.Lady Bracknell. I am glad to hear it. A man should always have an occupation of some kind. There are far too many idle men in London as it is.This blog debuted...
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Jobs for Women: the Angel in the Workforce
For 465 years, from 1377 to 1835 [the Ship and Turtle Tavern] was run by a succession of widows. During the Victorian era, the Ship and Turtle Tavern even supplied several of the West-end clubhouses....
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Dead people don't stand in photos.
Seriously, how could they?This might be an unpopular post. One reason that myths persist long after they've been disproven is that people want to believe them. Pictures of Victorian dead people are so...
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Victorian False Eyelashes
"The beauty of the eye lies in its expression, whether it has borrowed its color from the corn flower, or shines like the black diamond, or reflects the blue of a May sky, or is veiled under long dark...
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Dorian Gray Goes Slumming (a close reading)
"The Hooligans," by Leonard Raven-Hill (1899)In Chapter 16 of Oscar Wilde's novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Dorian Gray goes slumming. The upper classes began visiting the slums for...
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Who said it: Oscar Wilde or the Doctor?
Are you a fan of Doctor Who and the works of Oscar Wilde? Have you ever noticed similarities between them before? Let's see if you can tell them apart by correctly identifying which of our beloved...
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Poop in (Victorian) Beards
Nowadays, when you mention the long beard trend, most people immediately think of hipsters; I still think of the Victorians. With the news this week that these hipster beards harbour the kind of...
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