In Tom Crewe’s fascinating debut novel, The New Life, the young author provides a fictionalized account of a late 19th-century gay man who set out to change the way England viewed homosexuality. The ...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy ...

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Hot on the heels of the Venice Biennale, an exhibition at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani pairs objects and illustrations from 19th-century life sciences from the George Loudon Collection in England with ...

“Emma.” reimagines Jane Austen’s classic 1815 novel for contemporary audiences with a brilliantly witty and charming adaptation in director Autumn de Wilde’s debut. “Emma.” offers a quirky and ...

After 25 years of collecting contemporary art, George Loudon’s eye was caught by a display of 19th-century glass flowers at Harvard University. From those models by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka, he ...

While it is fun to learn about life in the 19th century, Ruby Schuiterman, a fifth-grade student at Dublin’s Daniel Wright Elementary School, said she is happy to be enjoying the trappings of the 21st ...

The Geauga County Historical Society launched a new program this year to give children ages 5-7 a taste of 19th century life. Willoughby Vine Street storm sewer construction to last until end of ...

Nellie Murray, a celebrated 19th century New Orleans chef and caterer, will be remembered at the 'Nellie Murray Feast,' on Oct. 8. The five-course fundraising dinner supports the completion of Bess ...

Rochester Institute of Technology students are using a new technology to capture an old experience. Their virtual reality app simulates printing on a 19th-century cast iron hand-press that once ...

Blue jeans gained popularity in the late 19th-century American West due to their durability. Illustration by Meilan Solly / Photos via Fotosearch / Getty Images and Levi Strauss & Co. Archives When ...