Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Hayley Harrison taught a class of disengaged year 12 boys early this year, she asked them to draw a picture of what writing meant ...

An antique-dealer friend recently gave me a handwritten diary, penned by a Victorian lady which begins: “We were married on July 29, 1858 . . .” It is an everyday book with little excitement or drama ...

The coded language of floriography meant that Victorians could express affection, desire or disdain, allowing a society governed by strict etiquette to show its true feelings. Now the language of ...