Crawling through Victorian London’s sewers for scraps of copper and coins, Toshers risked disease and death for a few pennies. Simple History. Tosher – The Sewer Hunters of Victorian London.

I wanted it to feel like an old cigar-slash-’70s shag pad,” says actor Olivia Cooke with a laugh, recalling the ...

UNLESS you’re a London local, most Brits won’t know there’s a four mile public walkway that used to be a bustling train route in the middle of the city. The Parkland Walk is the l… ...

Rebuild Victorian London from the ground up ... People would throw the money, grab the bun and run because everybody was in such a hurry. I love that energy. ...

London's 'Great Stink' and Victorian Urban Planning By Professor Martin Daunton. ... The power of small property owners was weakened when more people were granted the vote with the second Reform ...

Victorian-era drinking fountains are being restored in a London-wide campaign as figures show 79% of Londoners want more access to free water refill stations. Ocean Bottle's survey also showed 71% ...

Anna Russell on the writer Andrew O’Hagan and his latest novel, “Caledonian Road,” which has drawn comparisons to Tom Wolfe’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities” for its skewering of London ...

Tours devoted to the Victorian-era serial killer are thriving, even if the area they explore looks decidedly modern. Mick Priestly has been giving Jack the Ripper tours through Whitechapel for a ...

While Victorian London has never traditionally been represented as diverse, the reality is it was a time of great social change, with people arriving from all over the world to seek their fortunes ...