This is what historians—and humanities scholars at large—aim to do. They explore the “what,” “why” and “how” of human ...

Express writer Maureen Paton always knew she was illegitimate but only learnt she had been born in a London hostel for ...

This week, its residents on the outskirts of Darlington have been celebrating the anniversary of its founding in 1900 when a ...

What is one to make of the career of Dr. Joseph Dennis Harris, which once soared far beyond the strictures of race and class ...

Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes ...

Many assume that the Twelve Days of Christmas are those leading up to December 25 but actually Christmas Day itself ushers in these twelve days of celebration that end only on January 6 with the feast ...

Two former workers at an infamous Kent mental asylum have shared eye-opening tales of what life was like behind the ...

Registers of baptisms and marriages for many Staffordshire nonconformist churches from the late eighteenth century, and registers of deaths ... Patient Records of County Asylums, later Mental ...

From original hardwood floors and chandeliers to new systems, the fully detached single-family home blends now 19th-century craftsmanship with modern comfort. “It’s rare to see a remodel where ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) – A team of local businesses and organizations came together to organize the 4th Annual Easter Bike Giveaway, hosted by People’s Choice Kitchen! The participating businesses and ...

The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and ...

In the 19th century, women were sent to asylums for not meeting the narrow ideals of good mothers, wanting to spend their own money, being promiscuous, and wanting to read or think for themselves ...