Back-to-back housing has become a well-known aspect of Leeds. This type of housing was widely banned in the late 19th Century ...

In 1901, the city government of Amsterdam passed the Woningwet (“Housing Act”). Greenlighting the long-awaited demolition of ...

His writings, which stretched across eight decades, helped Americans understand a president who transformed the office and ...

Walking Through the Five Points Slums of New York Vintage illustration shows a policeman bringing a group of upper class New Yorkers through Five Points, a notorious 19th century slum in Lower ...

As the city's 19th century slums were cleared, Keay's vision was to create well-proportioned family homes with gardens, hot running water and electricity. Ogden Close was created with those ideals ...

It has taken until now to bring it to life but he has pulled out all the stops to recreate the powderkeg of 19th century slum New York where violent tensions between rival groups ran high and ...

From the Brontë sisters to Kurt Vonnegut to Zora Neale Hurston, these are the best classic books to add to your TBR this year ...

As the number of farmer holders over age 65 increases, what will happen to the land of those without a succession plan in ...

Women take the fight to patriarchy in Bina Shah’s dystopian new novel ...

Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, both shaped by their unique cultural sensibilities, offered contrasting paths of ...

In a new book — London's Lost Pubs — Sam Cullen goes on a epic crawl of over 200 of the most interesting erstwhile boozers, ...