There’s an old etymological folk tale that claims the phrase painting the town red — meaning “to have a boisterously (or even violently) good time”—alludes to an actual event from the early 1800s, in ...

Why should one opt for Mayo College as the best school? What makes it different from others? Is it the best mix of affluent ...

In this series of weekly live blogs, we take an in-depth look at the election campaign and the issues that matter to voters in the key Victorian electorates of Goldstein, Wills, Kooyong and Bruce.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A Victorian country house in the Lake District is up for sale, with a guide price of £1.6 million. Broomlands, a mid-Victorian country ...

Megan Dorsey fell in love with the Victorian era through her parents’ antiques store in northern Illinois. “My mom picked up something and said, ‘This is over a hundred years old,’ and I’m in the ...

In Tharparkar and many other parts of Sindh, as well as across the country, elderly men traditionally never left home without wearing a turban. Likewise, horse and camel trainers would never ride ...

Cross-factional discussions have focused on forcing her to resign if Labor loses three or more Victorian seats on May 3. A potential breakaway group of MPs from the party’s left are being ...

A bedroom fit for Victorian nobility, where the four-poster bed and floral wallpaper suggest dreams were more ornate back then. Even the ceiling is painted sky-blue! Photo credit: ScenicTrek Their ...

An annual report detailing Victorian Government activities and programs that support diversity in our community. Each year the Victorian Government releases a report with details of departments, ...

(Nine) Property News: A beach box on an exclusive stretch of Victorian coastline has sold for a record price.

“I’d stopped eating, and I wasn’t getting nutrients,” he said, adding that he was later diagnosed with scurvy, a Victorian-era disease. Even though the condition is common, it is said to be rare in ...

The Victorian College of the Arts will restore its Honour Board along St Kilda Road which commemorates students who dedicated and lost their lives during World War I. The board, featured in the ...