The Penal Laws of the 1690s restricted the ability of Irish Catholics to access education by prohibiting the establishment of Catholic schools. Catholic children were instead taught in informal school

Longevity was at the forefront of the refresh of this Victorian terrace, where designer Sophie Pringle has created a hard-working family home that stills feels refined

In the early 1940s, the Royal Mint replaced the familiar image of a portcullis on the threepenny coin with a thrift plant. This was part of the government’s campaign reminding the public of the need f

Requiring a combination of patience, flair, practicality and know-how, decorating a home is a time-consuming endeavour. And when it comes to hard-working spaces used for specific tasks such as cooking

Delve into the hidden world of 19th century crime-fighting women with Professor Sara Lodge

From George Stubbs’s golden vision of the labourer’s place in society to Ford Madox Brown’s heroically monumental celebration of manual labour, artists gave individual interpretations of work, as Michael Hall reveals