Thomas Worth’s 1872 illustration for the Household Edition of The Old Curiosity Shop highlights her grandfather’s grief at losing Little Nell. (Thomas Worth via George P. Landow/Victorian Web) Modern ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Andrea Kaston Tange, Macalester College (THE CONVERSATION) Modern medicine has enabled ...

The Victorian government will make public transport free for all children from next year in a bid to relieve cost-of-living pressures. Starting from January 1, 2026, everyone under 18 will be able to ...

Another 4647 children were injured, became ill or experienced trauma while in care, with emergency services called to childcare services 834 times in 2023-24, the Productivity Commission’s report on ...

Portsmouth's storybook wonder is consistently unfolding in the Victorian Children's Garden at Strawbery Banke Museum. On a recent visit at daybreak, a black cat figurine was coaxing purple-tipped ...

Long before Shirley Temple and her curls paved the way for child stars to storm the silver screen, a young girl named Connie Gilchrist held all of Victorian London in thrall, entrancing artistic ...

The opposition has accused the government of being “more interested in politics than protecting Victorian kids” after a move to strengthen the Working With Children Check system was voted down. The ...

FROM 1837 to 1901, as we all know, a woman was the Queen of England. From 1837 to 1901, all good English and American magazines, newspapers, and novels, were edited with the idea of pleasing women, of ...