Many great inventions came out of the Victorian era, from the photograph to the electric lightbulb. The elastic opera hat and the anti-cholera belt, however, are not among their illustrious numbers.

U.S. director Tanya Wexler says her comedy "Hysteria," about the Victorian-era invention of the vibrator, is all about empowering women. Wexler presented "Hysteria," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and ...

Victorian manhood was big on perfectly groomed mustaches. The era that encompassed the 1820s into the early 1900s was the peak time for facial hair etiquette, involving numerous manuals and grooming ...

Charles Dickens is one of the best novelists of the Victorian Era, but he's not the only good thing to come out of that time. Contestants ring in... Our story begins with a quiz about the past.

Ingenious inventions were pushed to outlandish extremes for the show's use of gadgets. For production designer Gemma Jackson and set decorator Tina Jones, collaborating on Joss Whedon’s supernatural ...

U.S. director Tanya Wexler says her comedy "Hysteria," about the Victorian-era invention of the vibrator, is all about empowering women. Wexler presented "Hysteria," starring Maggie Gyllenhaal and ...