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Considerations of whether children and young people are deserving of help are reminiscent of 19th-century approaches to child services.
For most of the Victorian era, people thought it was normal for men and women to be treated differently, and judged by different standards.
Sometimes the unknown is more appealing than the truth – and it has kept ghost hunters in business for generations.
Despite the millions used in the transatlantic slave trade and Britain benefitting from their forced labour, a national memorial is proving difficult.
A dive into the archives shows that pets developed a special place in Victorians’ hearts.
In an act of ‘mummy-shaming’ to rival anything today’s internet has to offer, Queen Victoria is thought to have named a cow in the royal dairy after her daughter, who had decided to breastfeed.
As early as the 1860s the twin diseases of modernity – overwork and sleeplessness – became the focus of cultural anxieties.
Victorian Britain laid the foundations for today’s overconsumptive meat industry. Might it also show us a way out?
The desire to treat all those in poverty via one policy stems from the same impulses that led to reform of poor laws in the 19th century.
Screen time wasn’t a issue in the 19th century but that didn’t stop concerns over how new developments might damage eyesight
Although it has ballooned in recent years, the market for men’s cosmetics isn’t just a modern phenomenon.
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A podcast all about nothing. From the importance of doing nothing to the ill-effects of time spent in solitary confinement and what nothing means in space.
Piers face an uncertain future, with fire, maintenance issues, rising costs, and climate change all conspiring against them.
Most child sex abuse happens within families, but we still cling on to the Victorian idea of paedophiles as outsiders.
Our obsession with gut health, diet and well-being is far from new: the Victorians had very similar concerns.
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We're pouring cold water on old ideas in this episode: from why the population of Easter Island really declined and what makes a good urban legend.
The reconviction rates of children put in institutions was lower than it is today, new research shows.
Have you heard the one about the Victorian sense of humour?
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In this episode of the podcast, we take in the history of Victorian humour, why kids find poo so hilarious and whether academics should try and be funny.
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Senior Lecturer in History, Edge Hill University
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Reader in Cultural History, University of Portsmouth
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Professor of English Literature, University of Oxford
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Professor of History, Keele University
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Professor of Criminology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London
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Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Social Justice, University of Liverpool
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Senior Lecturer Visual and Material Culture, Nottingham Trent University
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Visiting Research Fellow, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Associate Research Fellow in History, University of Exeter
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Lecturer in Criminal Justice, University of Leeds
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PhD Candidate, University of Leeds
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Associate lecturer, University of Sussex
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Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University
