Ian McKellen finds another actor in the family
As the 'last of the McKellens', Sir Ian admits to a degree of melancholy as he delves into his family history. But the results pay off richly for one of…
British country names explained
Why is 🏴England named after the Angles and not the Saxons? Does 🏴"Welsh" really mean slave? And where was the original 🏴Scotland? These questions answered and many more on this…
Dangerous delights: Victorian Britain’s cocaine habit
In the 19th century, a magic new drug took the medical community by storm, riding a wave of scientific endeavour. But, as this Long Read written by historian Douglas Small…
Inside London Architect’s Multi-Functional Home
In my first video on this channel we meet Margherita Thumiger from Studio 29 Architects & Interior Designers who is a London-based Architect originally from Milan. She has transformed her…
China has been here for 5000 years. Most of the time, there was no United States and we survived
China analyst, Victor Gao, say that ‘China will fight to the very end’
Inside a creative director’s eclectic apartment
In this episode, Wallpaper* visits creative director and graphic designer Veronica Ditting. Argentine-born, German-raised and London-based, Ditting collaborates with an international roster of fashion houses, artists and cultural institutions, from…
British Aristocracy
see how it’s okay for this class to make calls of violence with no consequence
Absolute History: Victorian Christmas
three installments of Christmas at the Victorian Farm
The Great Stink: everything you wanted to know
Why, in the 1850s, was the excrement of thousands of people being deposited straight into the Thames? How lethal were Victorian London's cholera outbreaks? And why is Joseph Bazalgette one…