A disease linked to poverty and malnutrition that once crippled the crowded slums of 19th-century Britain is on the rise in Scotland, according to data published at the weekend. A total of 442 cases ...

The Late Victorian period in the United States—roughly the last third of the 19th century—produced some of the most beautiful neighborhoods in the history of Western civilization. It also produced ...

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 ...

I have a new favorite show and it’s called Victorian Slum House. Yeah, go ahead, and laugh. I know you want to. I get it. At first glance, Victorian Slum House looks like a perfect satire of a PBS ...

PBS is taking family history education to a new, slightly cruel level. In the new show "Victorian Slum House," average British families recreate what life was like for Victorian London slum dwellers.

“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 ...