Victorian

W. Bruce Lincoln finds that, though at first extremely against the visits, Queen Victoria was much impressed by the Russian Emperor’s dignity, civility and grace.

A.P. Ryan profiles William Howard Russell. Best known as the critical reporter of the Crimean War, Russell also served The Times as its correspondent during the American Civil War and the Franco-Russian campaign.

Banker, economist, editor and critic, Bagehot “was the antithesis of the grand Victorian man of letters.”

Dorothy George looks at the development of political - and often satirical - public artwork in early modern Britain.

A biographical portrait by Lord David Cecil of William Lamb, the early 19th century parliamentarian better known as Lord Melbourne.

Carol Dyhouse questions some of the assertions made by John Gardiner in his 1999 article about the Victorians.

Noel Annan examines the achievement of a great Victorian prophet.

Atheism today is widely perceived to be the opposite of spirituality. This assumption is turned on its head when we look at the neglected origins of the Victorian ‘non-believing’ movement, epitomised by the controversial freethinker, William Stewart Ross, says Alastair Bonnett. 

How Victorian gentlemen’s clubs in London’s West End played a role in oiling the nation’s political wheels.

Four times Prime Minister, Gladstone owes his great reputation, A.F. Thompson argues, less to his achievements in office than to his character and personality.