Victorian

John Bull's Family Arises

The colourful cartoon development of British national symbols provides an acute barometer to changes in 18th- and 19th-century public opinion. By Peter Mellini and Roy. T. Matthews.

Keir Hardie

Roger Spalding examines the continuing controversy that surrounds one of the key figures in the history of the Labour Party.

Scrooge and Albert

Christine Lalumia sees the 1840s as the key moment in the creation of the modern celebration of Christmas.

Edmund Gosse and the Victorian Nude

Jason Edwards takes a fresh look at attitudes to the nude in Victorian art, to coincide with Tate Britain's major exhibition on the subject opening this month.