Wealthy doctors, engineers and working class people all lived in the "slums" of Victorian era Manchester, new research has ...

Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than 'residential segregation' in 1850s Manchester, ...

The ‘slums’ of Victorian Manchester actually housed doctors and engineers, a new study reveals, but daily life still kept ...

As if doing penance for Downton Abbey and Victoria, PBS is now paying attention to the working class with its new reality series, Victorian Slum House. The show scoops up a bunch of “21st-century ...

BBC Two is taking East London back to the Victorian era for its new show The Slum. Families will experience what life in the capital was like back in the 1860s as part of the living history series.

“It’s a bit bleak isn’t it?” It’s a statement more than a question and an understatement at that. The speaker is Graham, a grandfather who, along with his wife, daughter and two grandchildren are ...

“Jackson” (7:30 p.m., Showtime): This award-winning documentary provides an intimate look at the lives of three women caught in the complex issues surrounding access to abortion in the Deep South. Set ...

A new study shows that more than 60% of buildings housing the wealthiest classes also housed unskilled laborers. The post ...

Work, shopping, church and the pub kept different classes apart far more than ‘residential segregation’ in 1850s Manchester, undermining key assumptions about the Industrial Revolution. Historians ...