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Smiling Victorians: Why It s A Myth That Our Ancestors Didn t Smile For Pictures

Our image of the Victorians is shaped by the photographs we see in history books – stern, austere and relentlessly severe. Yet there was a playful side to our 19th-century ancestors, and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones has the proof. Here he introduces a selection of portraits that show the sitters doing something entirely unexpected: smiling

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Only handwritten draft of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle s second Sherlock Holmes novel The Sign of Four is set to fetch up to £1million at auction as experts hail exceptionally rare piece of history

The exceptionally rare 1889 manuscript of The Sign of Four is estimated to sell for up to $1.2 million (£949,000) as part of an auction held in New York by Sotheby s.

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The Hunt: The Stunning Heist of Ireland s Crown Jewels

Four days before King Edward VII's visit to Ireland in 1907, the Crown Jewels of Ireland went missing. They've never been recovered.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript could fetch almost £1m at auction

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript could fetch almost £1m at auction
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript could fetch almost £1m at auction

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle manuscript could fetch almost £1m at auction
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