a black butler and white maid (with their white employers), two bishops, a Salvation Army major, people in their Sunday finery (there are at least three top hats in the show). The fact that nearly ...

Black and white images of Christmas time séances have lifted the lid on creepy Christmas traditions in Victorian Britain - when the most wonderful time of the year was used for calling back the dead.

Stunning images by the man dubbed the British father of photography WOMEN in bonnets and horse-drawn carriages – these photographs give a fascinating window into life in Victorian Britain.