Using Mechanical Turk, the Stanford Literary Lab maps Victorian London’s fear, love, and everything in between. 19th-century British novelists like Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, and William Thackeray ...

For some Bay Area residents, it's not Christmas until they've taken a stroll through the streets of Victorian London. The Great Dickens Christmas Fair, in its 35th season, is a celebration of all ...

The next title in Ubisoft's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" series is coming out next year and it's going to be set in Victorian London, gaming news site Kotaku first reported. Kotaku managed to get a ...

The emotional meaning of a place from centuries ago can be difficult to resurrect. The Stanford Literary Lab has plotted quotes from over 700 19th-century authors who mentioned locations in London in ...

Fake health news can feel like an epidemic these days, but it was also rampant during the Victorian era, when bodily ailments were often a matter of life-or death. But unlike the questionable remedies ...

London has always been a hub for photography. The very first photo of London was taken in 1839, only a matter of weeks after the French government revealed the secrets of daguerreotype photography in ...

Returning to the Cow Palace for its 36th year, the Great Dickens Christmas Fair & Victorian Holiday Party has kicked off once again for several weekends (November 22 - December 21) of mulled wine and ...

In 1848, the British government decided to draw up a precisely measured map of London. Imperial expansion had seen the city develop quickly, particularly around the docks and the City of London.