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What sparked the gin epidemic in London?

Gin’s reputation hasn’t always been refined. Once blamed for crime, poverty, and social decay, it earned the nickname “mother’s ruin.” This video traces how gin moved from the slums of 18th-century ...
Mumbai-based educator has been awarded a $1 million international award for transforming slum spaces into open-air classrooms, bringing education to underprivileged children and redefining community ...
Built in the 1960s and hailed the 'town of tomorrow', this little pocket of London is certainly unlike anywhere else in the capital city.
For those living on Prince of Wales Terrace - where homes are worth millions - opening their blinds and spotting a drug user ...
Thamesmead is a neighbourhood in south east London known for its lakes, canals, and green spaces.
“This was the album where the band transcended the death/thrash genre and simply became a timeless metal band,” former ...
A gregarious man with a mission, a complex personality, hard-nosed politician, he strode from the pulpits of politics to the ...
The civil rights leader and US presidential hopeful ‘died peacefully’ on Tuesday, his family said.
Born in the “slums” of South Carolina and forever marked by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr, Jesse Jackson electrified America with his call for a defiant “rainbow coalition” of the poor ...
"He was the kindest person with the biggest heart, and he was a great friend." ...
Valued at £40million, the abandoned mansion has never been completed - and now it stands crumbling with one local calling it "the biggest slum in Britain".