Sir Michael Caine has spent a lifetime defying expectations—his own included. Born Maurice Micklewhite in 1933 in a ...

Up In The AirHolly Smith, Verso, £12.99THE book’s black and white cover photo is very clearly a scene from the 1960s — a ...

The World Inequality Lab’s 2024 India study, “Income and Wealth Inequality in India, 1922–2023,” shows that India’s current inequality actually exceeds the inequality of the British colonial period.

Memories have been shared of one of Bristol's inner city suburbs before its reinvention in the 1950s. Barton Hill is still home to some of the red brick terraces built during Victorian times, but is ...

In Hackney, London, a humble ground-floor 1950s apartment has been transformed into a light and airy residence. The project was led by Studio Naama, a London-based architecture firm aiming to add an ...

A devastating fire in a crowded slum in Bangladesh’s capital has destroyed 1,500 shanties and left thousands homeless DHAKA, Bangladesh -- A devastating fire in a crowded slum int the heart of ...

A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening (November 25, 2025), leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

DHAKA, Nov 26 (Reuters) - A massive fire tore through one of Dhaka’s largest slums on Tuesday evening, leaving thousands of people homeless and turning rows of tin-roofed shanties into charred rubble, ...

To fast-track the redevelopment of Mumbai’s slums and move toward a slum-free city, the Maharashtra government has issued a new order stating that individual slum-dwellers’ consent will no longer be ...

A fire that broke out in the Korail slum in Dhaka was fully extinguished after 16 hours, according to the Fire Service and Civil Defence Department. The agency confirmed on Wednesday at 9:30am that ...