A cast of more than 60 will take the stage this week as the Lamp-Lite Theatre opens its summer musical, Lionel Bart’s “Oliver ...

The revival of Victorian workhouse gruel is the first step in the Royal Society of Chemistry's 2009 theme of food, and the meal's reappearance comes a week before a major RSC report "The Vital ...

When Wayne Ashcroft had the chance to buy and transform a former Victorian workhouse into five luxury homes, he didn’t ...

Jade Burns & Lauren Hirst - BBC News, Oldham Sun, June 22, 2025, 1:41 AM PDT Mary Higgs went undercover as a vagrant in 1904 to highlight slum-like conditions in workhouses [Carol Talbot] ...

In 1904, a woman left her terraced house in Oldham, disguised in old clothes and pretending to be destitute. She travelled to a common lodging house and what she found there left her horrified. This ...

On Monday, July 1, McLean resident Keith Gordon steps into his new position as the President and Chief Executive Officer at the Workhouse Arts Foundation, Inc., which operates the Workhouse Arts ...

I'll tell you. Yeah, for a penny. The workhouse is the last place you want to go. They deliberately make it bad. Bad food, bad clothes, bad beds. Any time today. Well, work of course! We start at ...

A Whole Foods spokesperson told USA TODAY on Monday, June 9 that the supermarket chain is working to restock its shelves as fast as possible and said it apologizes for any inconveniences.

She would have encountered very stale food, innutritious food. "The bedding could have been full of vermin." After enduring five nights undercover, Mrs Higgs published a report on her findings.

A new nationwide study has revealed which fast food chain has the best french fries — this NYC favorite made the list.