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The Last Voyage of the Mirabita

The perils of the sea and a humble sailing ship destroyed in a storm

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The Countess of Clare - Marriage, Love, Good Works

On April 14 1826, Elizabeth Burrell and John, 2nd Earl of Clare were married by special licence at Richmond. This suitable union ended not so happily.

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Victorian Women

How did the lives of Victorian women’s differ from our own? Most Western women today have a great deal of freedom and can have their own possessions but this was not always so.

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The International Legacy of the Irish Potato Famine

Between 1845-1851, the British attempted a genocide of the Irish by starvation. It's a mistake to think that it's over now. The on-going effects are still felt globally.

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Carlo Gatti – Italian/Swiss Immigrant, Victorian Business Entrepreneur, Ice-Cream Magnate

In 1847 Carlo Gatti, an Italian Swiss immigrant, arrived penniless at Dover. His natural talent for business strategy, marketing and business innovation made him a rich man.

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Joseph Paxton - Architect of the Crystal Palace

Sir Joseph Paxton rose from humble gardener to Head Gardener at Chatsworth House and Architect of the glass and iron Crystal Palace, home to The Great Exhibition of 1851.

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The UK's Lost Commercial Ice Industry - The Ice Route from Norway to England

From the 1820s to the 1890s London merchants imported pure ice from the lakes and fjords of Norway. It was a thriving industry, requiring strength and skill from its workers.

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Puck Magazine, Very Collectible For a Number of Reasons

If you've never heard of Puck Magazine, you aren't alone. Puck's first English language edition, was published in New York City, in 1877, and it's last edition in 1918.

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Ada Lovelace: The First Computer Programmer in 1843

She was the daughter of the poet Byron. But history knows Countess Lovelace much better as a mathematical genius and possibly the first computer hacker.

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Sleeping Beauties: The Victorians and Post-Mortem Photography

Less divorced from death than we are today, the Victorians took keepsakes that modern sensibilities would find too shocking to contemplate.

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Was the Irish Potato Famine a Genocide?

Between 1845-1851, nine million Irish people starved. At the same time, food was being shipped out of the country into England. It was enough to have fed eighteen million people.

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Timeline of the Irish Potato Famine 1845-1851

It was one of the darkest periods of the Victorian era. Even in the modern day, the population of Ireland has not yet recovered.

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Queen Victoria and the First British Diamond Jubilee

Until 2012, the only British monarch ever to have reigned for 60 years was Queen Victoria. Celebrations were held by a fifth of the world population.

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Safety Bicycle sparks cycling craze in US

In the 1880's a easy to use bicycle, the ancestor of modern bikes, was invented in England and became enormously popular.

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Newspaper Hoax Creatures on the Moon

In New York in the 1830's newspaper readers were astounded by the descriptions of life on the Moon.

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Scandal of the Bradley Martin Ball

A costume ball in 1897 New York lead to controversy and scandal.

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Royal Scandal Edward VII and Baccarat Cheating Scandal

Prince of Edward was involved in a house party where cheating was suspected. He wasn't involved but the scandal didn't help his already low reputation.

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Royal Scandal of Victoria and Lady Flora Hastings

Lady Flora Hastings unfairly suspected of illicit affair with nemesis of young Queen Victoria.