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 ...

This is A Short History Of The Victorians, Part Two. A Noiser podcast production. Hosted by John Hopkins. With thanks to Dr Amy Milne-Smith, Professor of History at Wilfrid Laurier University in ...

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 ...

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 ...

It may only be the third busiest train station in Manchester city centre, but Oxford Road is by far the best looking. Like a mini Sydney Opera House made of wood with just a hint of your old nan's ...

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 ...