When Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a federal holiday in 1863, abolitionists hailed pumpkins as a symbol of virtue and the ...

The Victorian Training Awards recognise and honour the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations in the Victorian TAFE and training sector. Since 1954, the awards have celebrated ...

So begins Jules Verne’s tale of Victorian adventure, Around the World in Eighty Days ... For a start, with France torn apart by civil strife and war in 1872, its nobility had bigger concerns than ...

Hawthorn is set to celebrate its 100th year as an organisation when the club takes on Richmond at the MCG in Round 8. Ahead of the full fixture reveal - set for Thursday - the Hawks will commemorate ...

Black men in the United States suffer worse health than any other racial group in America. For example, as a group, Black men have the lowest life expectancy and the highest death rate from specific ...

This playlist tribute to the late Frankie Beverly certainly falls in the latter category; though I know I’m preaching to the proverbial choir here on Good Black News. With the announcement of his ...

“Pretty grim”, answers Professor Sarah Richardson. “Life expectancy at birth for the average Victorian was about 42, and more than 25 per cent of children died before their fifth birthday. Disease was ...

The hard-nosed Victorian industrialists, not normally known for allowing their workers to desert their labours, knew better than to crack the whip on this occasion. The funeral of Dorothy ...

Green and black tea have similar health benefits, such as boosting alertness and protecting heart and brain health. Both are high in antioxidants but differ in their components. One isn’t necess ...

The leader of the Victorian Greens says she was forced to suspend an MP and remove him from the party room following "serious" allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Earlier on Friday ...

Frankenstein can be overwrought in the manner of many Victorian novels ... He still needs friendship, community, nobility, warmth, love, beauty. Deny him these things, repurpose him as so much ...

We learn again that he emerged out of a particular nationalist tradition that fantasized about premodern black nobility and saw the bygone world of African kings and emperors as something to be ...