Few people stayed up at night in the years before 1800 because there were so few sources of light. An open fire, a candle or a rush dipped in oil could be lit. Then whale-oil lamps became popular.

This passing ice storm reminds me how necessary a hurricane or oil lamp is for lighting during power outages. After a candle-related fire following the Christmas ice storm of 2000, we bought an ...

The little things are the big things. This month: portable glow, no strings (or cords) attached.

A remote country estate which only had electricity partially installed in 2017 and is still mainly lit by oil lamps and candles has gone on the market for £2 million. Did you know with a Digital ...