The 19th Century saw London become the world's biggest city. Railways, industry and immigration all swelled the ranks. And, with the ending of transportation to Australia, criminals also increased the ...

A corset with inflatable bust and an anti-garrotting cravat are among a series of designs found in the National Archives' and turned into a book called Inventions that Didn't Change the World Agencies ...

A robber seizes a man from behind while his companion threatens him with a club The 19th Century saw London become the world's biggest city. Railways, industry and immigration all swelled the ranks.

It described garrotting as "an epidemic, like a new plague" and speculated the technique was learned from prison guards who would corral their wards in such a way. "They consort in companies of three ...