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b'From daily routines to whether inmates really ate gruel, Peter Higginbotham responds to listener questions about the workhouse\\n\\xa0\\nWhat was the daily routine in a British workhouse? Who would end up there? How accurate was Charles Dickens\\u2019 depiction of workhouse life? And did the inmates really eat gruel? In the latest in our series exploring history\\u2019s biggest topics, Peter Higginbotham responds to listener questions and popular internet search queries about the workhouse.\\n\\xa0\\n(Ad) Peter Higginbotham is the author of\\xa0Life in a Victorian Workhouse\\xa0(Pitkin, 2014) and\\xa0The Workhouse Cookbook\\xa0(The History Press, 2008).\\xa0Buy them now from Amazon:\\xa0https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Victorian-Workhouse-Peter-Higginbotham-ebook/dp/B00APDQQ1Y/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod\\xa0and\\xa0https://www.amazon.co.uk/Workhouse-Cookbook-Peter-Higginbotham/dp/0752447300/?tag=bbchistory045-21&ascsubtag=historyextra-social-hexpod\\n\\xa0\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'