Like the ideal Christian, the ideal teacher is one who spreads joy in everything, great or small.

If Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli really wanted a better-educated public, he must tackle the high cost of living.

In January 1807, newspapers breathlessly reported that Napoleon Bonaparte’s rampage across Europe was at an end — but was it true?

Riding through Sussex, William Cobbett comes across a large family relaxing together in front of their charming cottage.

Britain’s first qualified female doctor, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, had a message for the first women to study for London University’s degree in medicine.

Mr Gradgrind and a Government expert on education make sure that the children of Coketown have the right opinions about everything.