Queen Victoria's Bad Boy Bertie

From Mail Online : Perhaps no Prince of Wales in history has been less trusted — or more spied upon — than the boy everyone knew as Bertie. ...

Mary Pearcey - Jill The Ripper?

From History Channel : It’s true that while many theories about the killer’s identity have emerged over the years, some of them more implaus...

Historic Newspapers

If you do not know already about this great service, then here is the lowdown. Historic Newspapers   offers you a selection of original news...

Hysteria or The Invention of the Vibrator

From the Examiner : Hysteria  deals with a rather dark period in women's history, and especially that of the medical profession. Set in ...

Was Dickens Anti-Women?

From the Mail Online : For all his genius, the writer was an abusive husband who seduced a woman 26 years his junior and virtually abandoned...

Fleet Street Editor: Rachel Beer

From the Jewish Chronicle Online : Until very recently if you Googled the name Rachel Beer you would not come up with anything very much, ce...