In 18th-century Britain, wealthy landowners hired actual human beings to live in their gardens as living ornaments. They were ...

Since at least 2013, a rumor has circulated online that illegal gambling dens in 18th-century England hired people to swallow dice in the event of a police raid. In short, there is no credible ...

The exterior of Sir John Soane’s Museum (all images courtesy the Trustees of Sir John Soane’s Museum unless otherwise noted, via Flickr) The stately facade of Sir John Soane’s Museum sits on the ...

Explore the lives of seven prominent individuals of African and mixed heritage who lived in Britain and France during the 18th century. This video highlights historical figures such as: - Louise Marie ...

Napoleon was a particular target of the cartoonists, and Gillray is credited with creating the myth of Napoleon as a small ...

Often, when I see that a book comes directly out of a dissertation, there’s a sinking feeling that it may be arcane and academic in the extreme. The kind of book that’s filled with jargon and overly ...

Hair jewelry, as its name suggests, is jewelry carefully crafted and created with real human hair, typically made to memorialize someone recently deceased. While the popularity of hair jewelry ...

"The Politics of Custom in Eighteenth-Century British Fiction" breaks new ground in the history of the novel by revealing both the persistent influence of popular culture and of an older, patrician ...