Step back in time to a London of contrasts, where opulence met hardship. A new book unveils the city's hidden past through captivating photographs.

Coventry is a city ever evolving. Going back almost a thousand years it's been at the forefront of important industries - quaint historical artisan professions like watchmaking and ribbon weaving and ...

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A Victorian philanthropist who led an "extraordinary life" campaigning for women's and children's rights to health and ...

I once made a complete numptie of myself when reviewing a movie about the Roman conquest of Britain. How were the invaders able to swan around in hardly any clothes, I wondered, given underfloor ...

A South London council has come under fire for plans to demolish a cherished Victorian shopping parade, with critics claiming the move would make the authority "cultural vandals of the highest order".

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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 ...

A duplex penthouse atop a converted Victorian warehouse in London is on the market for £7.45 million (US$9.9 million). The building, which served as a laundry and light industrial warehouse, dates to ...

Tory MP Robert Jenrick has sparked outrage with comments describing Birmingham's Handsworth as a "slum" and "one of the worst integrated places" he'd visited, claiming he saw "no other white face." ...

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Is he a slumdog millionaire? An Australian influencer has been accused of engaging in “poverty tourism” after filming himself “surviving” in an Indian slum, as seen in a viral Instagram video. “I ...