The British period piece, now streaming in the U.S., is set in Victorian England but speaks to modern experiences and attitudes. Editor’s Note: A version of this story also appeared in The Good, the ...

Wealthy doctors and engineers lived in the "slums" of Victorian Manchester alongside the working class, reveals new research. The findings undermine the idea that different classes are clustered in ...

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 ...

In the heart of the modern East End of London, a Victorian slum has been recreated and a group of 21st-century people are moving in. Michael Mosley joins them to tell the extraordinary story of how ...