Poverty has always been a complex challenge, but our views on it have evolved dramatically over time. For centuries, poverty was seen as a fact of life, with charity considered a moral duty.

"This challenge brought together our love for swimming with Edinburgh's incredible Victorian pool heritage," said Alistair Clark, the group's organiser. "To swim in all five historic venues in one ...

By the Victorian era, the workhouse was in its prime, as entire families, as well as the homeless, old and others were interred in the wave of buildings initiated by the Poor Law Amendment Act 1834 — ...

The site once held a prisoner-of-war camp and a cholera hospital before being converted into a Victorian workhouse, archaeologists said. Screengrab from Cotswold Archaeology's Facebook post Along ...

Along the River Avon in southwest England, the city of Bristol has centuries of history. The harbor town was first incorporated in 1155, and soon became a major port through the export of wool ...

A less happy tale is that of William Wintersgill, a workhouse inmate who stole the Master’s daughter’s purse and was sent to the House of Correction. His story also features a sensory element ...

For years the close links between the Victorian branch of the CFMEU and the Victorian Labor Party, especially the Andrews government, have been the subject of extensive allegations. It turns out ...