1665: London's Last Great Plague 350 years ago, London experienced a devastating outbreak of plague...
The Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Worth a Visit? Bethlem Hospital was an integral part of London’s charitable provision...
Great Britain and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ The scramble for Africa in the 1880s saw the unclaimed...
From Grub Street to Fleet Street: The Development of the Early English Newspaper From the broadsides of the sixteenth century to the broadsheets...
London-Derry Connections: The early years, 1613-1640 How did the City of London come to be involved...
The Art of the Underground: 150 Years of Re-designing London The London Underground today is one of the world’s largest...
The Making of Modern Celebrity: Famous for fifteen minutes - and longer The historian Daniel Boorstin famously defined a celebrity as "a...
The Legal Quays: Sir William Paulet, First Marquis of Winchester Sir William Paulet (c.1483-1572) is perhaps unique in his long...