Victorian

Her detective, the Victorian policeman William Monk, suffers from amnesia, and sometimes wonders exactly who he is.

From BBC ● Oct. 26, 2026

The samples were obtained through the Victorian Cancer Biobank in partnership with the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

A couple of hundred fans gathered beneath the market's Victorian roof, some having made the trip specifically for the event while others stopped to see what the fuss was about.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Holmes and Watson’s adventures “give us the material world of Victorian London with a solidity that not even Dickens can match.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

He had gotten married and bought a run-down Victorian house on Long Island that he restored, and he and his wife had a child, a little girl.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Other setbacks included the discovery of a 109-yard upside-down arch designed by the Victorians to reduce flooding—a finding described by Network Rail as the “point of no return” for the closure of the road.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Wogan Cavern, thought to have been dug out by the Victorians, is accessed via a spiral staircase from the castle.

From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026

"It was 2009 ahead of the bushfires where we saw those prevailing conditions and so we are indicating to all Victorians that this is a very serious set of weather conditions."

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 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

If people were houses, Lola Celina, my grandmother, would, be a hot-pink Painted Lady—one of those fancy San Francisco Victorians tourists love, with intricate stained glass that casts rainbows onto the sidewalks.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio