One January night in 1866, the London journalist James Greenwood went slumming. Disguised as a pauper, he entered the Lambeth workhouse to document conditions in a ward for indigent men and boys. The ...
Experience created by academics and Minecraft builders gives an insight into what life was like in Victorian London.
Since the 1970s, Old Compton Street has become a focal point for London's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. It features several gay bars, gay-friendly restaurants, cafés and specialist ...
Slums may be re-emerging in the UK, with growing concern about the number of private renters living in hazardous or squalid conditions. A dramatic increase in the number of renters and poor regulation ...
It has been more than 50 years since bulldozers began the demolition of one of Tyneside’s most iconic communities. Rows of Victorian slum terraced housing were torn down and hundreds of families were ...
Horrific footage shows how rats have infested a whole block of flats in London and turned it into a 'Victorian Britain hellhole slum'. Terrified residents are fleeing the block and moving out after ...
The Butcher of Bedern is the latest addition to the York Dungeon’s tour, bringing the story of poverty and horror in Victorian York to the city for the Halloween season. The Press went along to a ...
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