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Hanging a murderer – 1881

Public hangings were brought to an end in Britain by the Capital Punishment Amendment Act of 1868, but the sentence

The Victorian era saw an horrific number of fatal train crashes. The writer Charles Dickens was involved in a train crash

Charlotte Bronte was one of millions who visited the Great Exhibition in the “Crystal Palace” at Hyde Park in 1851.

Karl Marx appears an imposing and rather serious figure in his photographs. But that was not the full story as this

Public hangings drew huge crowds in the early 19th century. This is one man’s recollection of the spectacle that surrounded

After all other avenues for reform had failed, some Chartists turned to armed uprising. But the Orange Tree conspiracy of

The journalist Alexander Somerville reported from inside the offices of the Anti Corn Law League. This is his account, published

Factory children as young as five years old worked long hours in appalling conditions. This is the evidence given by

London smogs became famous in the 19th and 20th centuries. This is an eyewitness account by Flora Tristan, a Frenchwoman

Charles Darwin’s five-year voyage on HMS Beagle gave him the evidence and the ideas he needed to outline his theory