Victorian

Patrick Vernon discusses depictions of Blacks in Victorian art and popular culture, and introduces a new exhibition on the subject, opening in Manchester.

Roland Quinault finds alarming parallels for the recent London bomb attacks in the 1880s.

Jack Lohman, Director of the Museum of London, explains the significance of two Victorian paintings and why the Museum is delighted to have been able to acquire them.

Graham Goodlad surveys the career of one of the most controversial figures in late Victorian and Edwardian politics.

T.A. Jenkins reviews the life and legacy of Benjamin Disraeli, statesman, novelist and man-about-town, on the bicentenary of his birth.

Adrian Mourby welcomes a new wave of opera houses around the world, and compares this with the previous surge in the late 19th century.

The fatalist view of the Light Brigade’s charge towards the Russian guns at Balaclava is being challenged. They had their reasons why.

Graham Goodlad asks whether Lord Salisbury deserves his reputation as one of the great Victorian Prime Ministers.

Richard Cavendish recounts the history of the British medal for bravery in combat, first awarded on June 21st, 1854.

Anthony Howe looks at the anti-war stance of the great Victorian reformer; his fall from grace and subsequent revival.