Earl Grey scheme' memorial unveiling was attended by a great, great granddaughter of one of the girls sent to Australia ...

The Government has been asked to speed up the process that would see the former Gort Convent transformed into a remote ...

The Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, kicked off its seasonal Community Market on April 10. Now beginning its second season, the Market opening included special activities celebrating Spring cherry ...

The Workhouse Arts Center is expanding its dance program by launching more kids’ and adults’ classes. It held a Dance Open House on Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019, where people could visit the ...

From Scrooge to Oliver Twist, these 15 best adaptations based on Charles Dickens' books are movies Victorian era fans need to ...

Menacing, jail-like institutions called workhouses dotted the Irish countryside. These were rooted in an older English practice: In early 17th-century England, caring for the poor became the ...

the state where they were enslaved in 1850 when the photos were taken, a lawyer for Lanier said Wednesday. The settlement marks the end of a 15-year battle between Lanier and the esteemed ...

The Minnesota Legislature has passed legislation that will allow state teachers to retire a little earlier, if they choose. While it still needs the signature of Gov. Tim Walz, the bill includes ...

We rent a 1,227-square foot 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom apartment for about $1,850 a month. We've lived here for about three years. We found this place when Lorenzo was three. The apartment hadn't ...

They were supposed to provide safe places for some of the most vulnerable people in society but ended up providing some of Hull’s darkest histories. The asylums of 1700s, Victorian and Edwardian ...

She was a pioneer. She became a tireless advocate for sanitation and attacked the deplorable conditions in hospitals and workhouses. She devoted her life to serving the marginal and the sick.