Once-grand building left to rot with wall paintings 'perishing'
A city centre building steeped in culture and history has been abandoned. In the shadows of the Metropolitan Cathedral on ...
Osprey Observer9d
Portrait Of A Bride Wedding Gown Collection Shares History In Style
Leigh Anne Brown of Plant City is a collector. She collects wedding gowns, but not just any wedding gown. Her collection has ...
Ross-shire Journal11d
Wester Ross Victorian-era lodge named as Scotland’s Hotel of the Year
A WESTER Ross Victorian-era hotel has been named as Scotland’s Hotel of the Year by The Times. The Torridon, on the west ...
Houston Chronicle15d
When in Key West, Florida, travel the 1.25-mile Duval Street
Most buildings on Duval Street were built between the late 1800s and 1930s, and they are just plain fun and colorful to look at. On Duval Street’s 14 blocks, elegant Victorian mansions live side ...
Daily Mail20d
Menopausal women spending an average of £1,800 a year to combat symptoms, survey suggests
Women experiencing perimenopause and menopause are spending an average of £1,800 a year on products such as vitamins and smart watches to combat symptoms such as fatigue and hot flushes ...
The Age25d
‘Heinous’ abusive husband imprisoned wife in their home
The man will be the first to be sentenced under a new Victorian law.Credit ... If she did not wash dishes or clothing to his liking, he would hit, slap or beat his wife using household objects.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation27d
Prison inspector calls for shuttering of 'dilapidated' 19th century Bathurst jail wings
The NSW Inspector of Custodial Services has called for the permanent closure of the medium security wings of Bathurst Correctional Centre. Continuously running since 1888, the inspector has found ...
London Evening Standard27d
The true story behind A Thousand Blows by the show's historical advisor
By the 1800s, London was booming ... “One of the strange things is that women's dresses, because women's bodies were so covered, made shoplifting easier because they had places to hide the ...
A Thousand Blows and the criminal girl gang that terrorised 1920s London
As shown in the Stephen Graham boxing drama, the Forty Elephants shoplifted from Harrods, blackmailed MPs – and died utterly unrepentant ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation1mon
Police investigate sexually explicit deepfake images of students at Gladstone Park Secondary College
Two year 11 students have been suspended and the Victorian government is working with the school to provide wellbeing support to the victims. Child abuse detectives are investigating after a ...
Time Out1mon
Bare knuckles, hard liquor and Victorian hipsters: how ‘A Thousand Blows’ made 19th century London cool
‘Victorian London was the capital of the world,’ explains Knight. ‘It was a place where you literally had to fight to survive. It was just a place with a lot of mad stuff going on.
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