Life in Victorian Britain

Workers repair Fleet sewer in 1854. London’s creaking sewer network sparked anxieties over what lay beneath the sprawling capital. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Living in fear: the dangers of Victorian London

Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke in 'The Limehouse Golem'.

The real history behind Victorian thriller ‘The Limehouse Golem’

Ramshackle homes in a Newcastle slum, c1880

From riches to rags: David Olusoga reveals how Britain’s grand houses descended into Victorian slums

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Historian Emma Griffin. (Photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

Books interview with Emma Griffin: “Looking at family life reveals a dark side to Victorian economic progress” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Historian and author Emma Griffin (Photo by Fran Monks)

Living on the edge in Victorian Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Victorian family. (Photo by Sean Sexton-Getty images)

The Victorians: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Irish people starving during the Potato Famine

The Corn Laws crisis . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Florence Nightingale

Nursing by numbers: how Florence Nightingale campaigned for better conditions

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A woman in riding gear breaks out in a grin in the c1860s.

Smiling Victorians: why it’s a myth that our ancestors didn’t smile for pictures . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Policemen from Scotland Yard patrolling at night

Real-life Sherlocks: the detectives of Scotland Yard and their curious cases

Midwives and babies in the sun

Midwifery and childbirth: a historical A–Z guide

An illustration from 1883 shows the phrenology chart of the skull

The Victorian phrenology craze

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Hallie Rubenhold. (Photo by Fran Monks)

The women killed by Jack the Ripper . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Victoria with her daughter Princess Beatrice at Balmoral Castle. Dogs seem to have been Victoria's favourite animal, writes Richard Sugg. (De Agostini Picture Library)

Queen Victoria’s pets and animals

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Oxtail stew. (© CICO Books 2017)

Top 5 Dickensian recipes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.