The saying "The past is a foreign country" comes from the 1950s novel “The Go-Between,” which is set at the tail end of the Victorian era. It’s one of those concepts that sounds outlandish until one ...

Pandas, if you open your Instagram or WhatsApp and your inbox is suddenly flooded with memes, consider yourself lucky. It’s more than just laughs—it’s a little nudge that someone truly gets you.

Even though the Victorian era was, relatively speaking, not that long ago, looking at pictures or old items from it can feel like stepping back into an alien world. However, that’s no reason to stop ...