Victorian Life

Historian Ruth Goodman discusses the normal routines of life in Victorian Britain – from washing and dressing, to eating and sleeping – and how this differed for people from differ...

Historian Ruth Goodman explores exactly how little leisure time most people had in the 19th century – and what they did with those precious snatched hours.

It was in the Victorian period that school shifted to becoming a more universal experience. Ruth Goodman explores the Ragged school movement, the social mobility that schooling off...

In week four of our course on Victorian Britain, Ruth Goodman explores the great strides in healthcare that took place in the 19th century – from the move towards clean water suppl...

In week five of our course on life in Victorian Britain, Ruth Goodman explores how the 19th century saw work change for most of the population, with shift working made possible by...

In the 19th century, men took more control at home than at any other time in history. In the final episode of our course on Victorian life, Ruth Goodman discusses the ‘male breadwi...