🎧 Were the Victorians Happier Than Us?
🎧 Dan Snow's History Hit
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26m
A recent study published in the science journal Nature tracked the emotional tone of books and newspapers over the past 200 years and suggested that the British were happier in the 19th century. This rang alarms at History Hit HQ. So we got Hannah Woods on the pod pronto to talk us through the reality of life in the 19th century and whether they were happier than we are today.
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