Five things you (probably) didn’t know about… victorian britain

The fighting in Europe was over, but lifting up a shattered nation would be a battle of a different kind

Lovers of interesting and unusual trains and, indeed, of tradition, will be disappointed by the announcement from Buckingham Palace that, from 2027, the royal train will be taken out of service, becau

Edward VII swept away the cobwebs of mid-Victorian style, Queen Mary had passion for all things small and the Queen Mother bought rather avant-garde art. In a forthcoming talk, Tim Knox, director of the Royal Collection, charts a century of regal taste

I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

ourworldindata.org A century ago, all you needed to get behind the wheel of a car legally was a paper licence, which cost the equivalent of about 25p today, says Hannah Ritchie. No driving lessons or