FOR many Brits, tuberculosis (TB) feels like a disease that died out with the Victorian slums. It’s remembered as the illness that killed famous writers like Emily Brontë, who wrote Wuthering ...
As if doing penance for Downton Abbey and Victoria, PBS is now paying attention to the working class with its new reality series, Victorian Slum House. The show scoops up a bunch of “21st-century ...
“The 1880s” – Despite high unemployment and intolerable conditions, people flock to London, desperate for work. When curious upper-class visitors are permitted to visit the slum as tourists, the ...
*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. 'Victorian Slum House,' 7 p.m. Tuesdays on PBS • Four stars (out of four) • thirteen.org ...