Could you survive the Victorian Workhouse?

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Today we’re going behind the foreboding doors of the Victorian workhouse to ask - ‘Could we survive it?’. From Oliver Twist's gruel to songs about flogging, from lice-ridden clothing to soul destroying isolation. Our guest is Oskar Jensen, author of "Vagabonds: Life on the Streets of Nineteenth Century London". Edited by Tim Arstall. Produced by Freddy Chick, Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.