Petaluma has some of the finest architecture, of many varieties, to be seen anywhere in the United States. This includes many excellent examples of what are commonly known as “Victorian houses.” The ...

A new study shows that more than 60% of buildings housing the wealthiest classes also housed unskilled laborers. The post ...

Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than 'residential segregation' in 1850s Manchester, ...

Christopher Pittard receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the British Academy. Charles Dickens is often mistakenly credited with inventing modern Christmas. But his ...

They’re famously thought of as a buttoned up prudish bunch, but we all know they loved to bump uglies as much as anyone today. Were the spanking punishments of boarding schools really the origins of ...

Local architecture is lovely, but there was a time those homes were cold, cramped and smelly. Petaluma has some of the finest architecture, of many varieties, to be seen anywhere in the United States.