The Victorian age, which covered the second half of the 19th century, was a time of extreme social inequality. The working class faced brutal living conditions, with little access to clean water ...

‘Victorian Slum House’ Is A Bonkers Look At Britain’s History Of Poverty By Meghan O'Keefe @ megsokay Published May 16, 2017, 12:30 p.m. ET ...

Family historians and academics from around the world can now access almost 12,000 records detailing the treatment of children admitted to the Glasgow Hospital for Sick Children from 1883, when ...

Poverty has always been a complex challenge, but our views on it have evolved dramatically over time. For centuries, poverty was seen as a fact of life, with charity considered a moral duty ...

Gertrude Himmelfarb, a prominent historian who praised Victorian virtues and argued for their relevance to current political debates over poverty and other social issues, died Monday at her home ...

Teachers say they are seeing "Victorian conditions" with pupils arriving at school hungry and not wearing the right clothes needed for the weather. The NASUWT teachers' union says schools and ...

The UK is the world’s fifth largest economy, yet one-fifth of its population lives in poverty, found the report. Almost 40% of children are predicted to be living in poverty in the next two-and ...

The think tank warns that the UK risks “sliding back into the two nations of the Victorian era, marked by a widening gulf between mainstream society and a… poverty-stricken underclass.” ...

‘Britain is broken.’ Dire poverty could usher in Victorian-era inequality Hanna Ziady, CNN December 11, 2023 at 8:10 AM ...