BBC Two has commissioned Lion Television to produce a new historical observational documentary, Victorian Farm. The six-part series will follow a team of people who become Victorian farmers and spend ...

If the past is foreign country because they do things differently there, we’re lucky to have such a knowledgeable cicerone as Ruth Goodman. An expert in Renaissance customs (she was an adviser on the ...

Brush your teeth with soot, stay away from water, wear a steel corset. We’ll talk with the author of “How to Be A Victorian.” Strange ways from another age. Frederick Daniel Hardy's "Baby's Birthday" ...