19th Century 1800-1899
Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee
With Queen Elizabeth’s Jubilee year underway, how did the Empire celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee?
Read MoreFitzroy The Master Meteorologist
Robert Fitzroy, not a name that springs readily to mind, unless you listen to the shipping forecast of course. What role did this C19th sailor play in the foundation of a national meteorological office?
Read MoreLeadenhall Market an historic marketplace dating back to the 1st century
Leadenhall a place of gathering and social connection since the first century…still going today with the distinctive wrought ironwork and glass building designed by Sir Horace Jones…
Read MoreLancashire Cotton Famine
The Lancashire Cotton Famine was a crisis in the Lancashire cotton industry in the early 1860’s, reminds us of the impact that global events have on individual economies. The world was as connected by trade and war 150 years ago as it is now. Nothing much changes
Read MoreMigration of Indians to the Colonies
The Indian indentured labour programme emerged after the abolition of slavery and sent over a million workers to British colonies alone
Read MoreConnect Martin Luther, Thomas Carlyle and Dickens….
Intriguing connections made by people across centuries, strands of thoughts and ideals that are never quite lost
Read MoreThe Romantic Movement – It’s Role and Influence in C19th
How the Enlightenment gave way to the Romantic Movement, was this the point where art and science separated?
Read MoreFamily Home of Thomas Blake Glover 1838-1911 at Glover House in 1864
Thomas Blake Glover an intriguing influence on the Meiji Restoration. mining, ship-building and Mistubishi with his family home in Aberdeen.
Read MoreThe Remarkable Influence of Sir Joseph Banks
The remarkable influence of Joseph Banks, explorer, botanist and ‘enlightened’ man, stretched itself over a multitude of disciplines and ages. The connections he made heralded a new wave of thinking about science which still impact today…
Read MoreIntrepid Explorer Isabella Bird
Isabella Bird Victorian explorer. Women trail blazers are not recognized in the same way as their male counterparts. Many Victorian and Edwardian women undertook fascinating journeys to explore remote regions of the globe.
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