In 1800, London was home to 1 million residents ... Flanders challenges our received wisdom about Victorian London. For example, she refutes the stereotype that the city was rampant with prostitutes.

In the 1800s, the Thames River was thick with ... But according to Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, mud was actually a euphemism. "It was essentially ...

These fascinating black and white pictures taken by photographer John Thompson show the reality of existence in the 1800s when photography ... Street Life in London. The pictures, now stored ...

IN the 1800s Londoners had to contend with two very ... was this very vibrant bare-knuckle boxing scene in the East End of London and there was also the emergence of what we now recognise as ...

If you think your commute into London is bad as you're shoved up against someone's armpit on a sweaty train, spare a thought for our predecessors in Victorian times. For many people going to work ...

‘Victorian London was the capital of the world,’ explains Knight. ‘It was a place where you literally had to fight to survive. It was just a place with a lot of mad stuff going on.

Crawling through Victorian London’s sewers for scraps of copper and coins, Toshers risked disease and death for a few pennies.

When we look at paintings, photographs or illustrations of Victorian London, it’s difficult to appreciate just how smelly the city was during the mid-1800s. But what caused it? The answer is not ...

The series is set in 1882 Victorian London and follows ... I really loved finding out about London at the time and the whole 1800s leading up to where we are [in the show]. Me and Kate [Phillips ...