Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library in ...

People living during the Victorian era are not exactly known for their jokes. Victorians are generally thought of as dour, serious people who reflected the rigid social codes of 19th-century England.

Victorian-era books may contain arsenic in their bindings. One Hong Kong University book conservator went on the hunt for ...