Victorian

He shrewdly climbed what he called the greasy pole of Victorian politics, with his party not far behind.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

I almost felt like this life was like a Victorian novel, and every single thing he did along the way offered an opportunity for him to learn some important lessons.

From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026

The 23-year-old has undoubtedly enjoyed a productive week at the quaint club nestled in the Victorian terraces of west London.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026

Lead author Dr. Barbara Cardoso, from Monash University's Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food and the Victorian Heart Institute, said the results add to growing evidence linking highly processed foods to poorer brain health.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 9, 2026

He had filled their meticulously restored Victorian house with them.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

Rhododendron is a non-native shrub which was introduced to gardens as an ornamental plant by the Victorians.

From BBC ● May 21, 2026

The Victorians sparked the modern obsession with engineering “lots of different looking dogs to fit different human wants,” said Dr. Rowena Packer, senior lecturer at the University of London’s Royal Veterinary College.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

She and her colleagues discovered that the transformation of our pets championed by the Victorians through selective breeding actually started more than 10,000 years ago.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2025

The Victorians worried about a “world denuded of larger significance,” but we suffer from both material surfeit and spiritual abundance, and are captive to a surplus of competing and increasingly angry gods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

I look around, taking in Day Street, wide and tree-lined, with a combination of dilapidated Victorians where college students live, warehouses, the occasional business, and the church.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson