Historical Hussies

As with many things, the Victorians gave us most of the traditions we use in our celebration of Valentine’s Day. The most prevalent traditio...

When I was 11 or 12, my grandparents asked me to help them sort all of their books in their dungeon of a basement. In the midst of the dust...

Usually when we hear of Britain and Indians, we think of the East India Company and the British Raj—British colonialism. But were you aware...

More than I used to. :) I will never know everything, but part of the fun is finding out new things. About six years ago, when I got ...

Makeup, in one form or another, has been used since before the dawn of Christianity. In ancient tombs, archaeologists have found evidence o...

I've always enjoyed the newspaper's This Day in History feature. Imagine my delight when I discovered Robert Chambers's The Bo...