Christmas Tree – Celebrating the Giving of Love and Life
Christmas became a celebrated occasion during the nineteenth century in England. Its ethos is about giving love and life, of which the tree is a powerful symbol
Prince Albert
Love Jewellery – Regency to Revival Pt 3
The Christian understanding of perfect love, making no demands and seeking nothing for itself is revealed in many of the people in Jane Austen’s life and novels
‘The Angel in the House’ – A Snug Victorian Family Life
Coventry Patmore wrote a poem about his wife Emily after she died describing her many virtues and from then on all Victorian men wanted an ‘Angel in the House’
Cairo to Constantinople – Capturing Cultural Moments in Time
Photographer Francis Bedford captured both culture and time in 1862 while traveling with Edward Prince of Wales to the near East from Cairo to Constantinople
Crystal Palace
Designed and built by Joseph Paxton in London’s Hyde Park The Crystal Palace was a gigantic showcase for splendid examples of British ingenuity and design revealed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 organized by the clever consort of Queen Victoria, Prince Albert. It was removed in 1854 to Sydenham and…