Performing pigs, magic tricks, hypnotism, circus arts, pantomime and other popular forms of entertainment during the Victorian era are the focus of a new exhibition on view at the British Library in ...

Evanion the magician could produce a bowl of flames from beneath his coat. He also billed himself as achieving “laughable ventriloquial effects and necromantic feats,” and carried the title the “Royal ...

THERE will be a Victorian theme for the next 'after hours' event at Worcester's museum. Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum goes back to its Victorian roots for the next Museum after Hours event on ...

THE era of Victorian England was recreated for an entire day in King's Somborne as a jubilee celebration and a contribution to Local History Week. The organisers were the Som-borne and District ...

A right royal day of fun and game,s with Queen Victoria as chief guest, has been lined up in Northumberland next weekend. Traditional games and races will kick off at Wallington, near Morpeth, when a ...

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A tiny Bishop Auckland street was transformed by Dickensian characters last Friday, December 15, as shops, traders and local residents celebrated a Victorian-style Christmas. Fore Bondgate is one of ...