Victorian

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The fire on Sunday 8 March, which began in a vape shop on Union Street, destroyed a Victorian building at the junction with Gordon Street, with only the façade left standing.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

They stay in a rambling Victorian house in the Garden District and record in a studio that’s haunted.

From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026

Meanwhile, Doherty is nominated for her portrayal of gang leader Mary Carr in Disney+'s Victorian thriller A Thousand Blows, and for playing a psychologist in Netflix's hard-hitting drama Adolescence.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

He recognized “that his youth was lived in a Victorian era that was long gone, with its unique social, political and moral standards,” Mr. Stiles writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

Today we turn in the opposite direction from Soul Scrolls, to where there’s an open park of sorts, with a large old building on it; ornate late Victorian, with stained glass.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood