London, 25 July 1919 - The House of Lords has ... it should first have brought forward a bill dealing specifically with Dublin, as its slums were ‘a disgrace to the United Kingdom’.

The slums where the Ripper trolled for victims ... but big cities have gotten bigger and more common. In the 19th century London was the only city of more than five million; now there are 54 ...

The poor are to the literature of 19th-century London as artists are to 19th-century ... the shelves are only slightly less crowded than the slums. In “Vagabonds,” the British historian ...

London, 25 July 1919 - The House of Lords has ... it should first have brought forward a bill dealing specifically with Dublin, as its slums were ‘a disgrace to the United Kingdom’.