Whether you're currently house hunting or simply like to be clued up on the history of your surroundings, learning how to differentiate between the architectural styles of the Georgian, Victorian, and ...

Could you spot a postmodern pad from an Art Deco masterpiece? While Australia's architectural history doesn't stretch back as far as some centuries-old cultures, our design past reflects global trends ...

The Age of Decadence: Britain 1880 to 1914. By Simon Heffer. Random House Books; 897 pages; £30. IN the late Victorian and early Edwardian period of 1880-1914, at least (see article), Britain had a ...

The streets of Hawthorn have stories to tell. The suburb, one of Melbourne’s oldest and grandest, remains a beautifully preserved microcosm of the city’s evolution through the Victorian, Federation ...

Edward Armston-Sheret received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council via the techne DTP, the Royal Historical Society, and the Historical Geography Research Group of the RGS-IBG.