1665: London's Last Great Plague 350 years ago, London experienced a devastating outbreak of plague...
The New London and the Heavenly Jerusalem: Scientists and Craftsmen in Sir Christopher Wren's London The decades over which St. Paul's was re-built after the...
Brilliant-cut diamonds and other tricks of the light Simple mathematics revealed how to cut diamonds so as to...
Great Britain and the ‘Scramble for Africa’ The scramble for Africa in the 1880s saw the unclaimed...
Reflections on Secret Intelligence Sir David Omand KCB, Former Security and Intelligence Co-ordinator, The...
London-Derry Connections: The early years, 1613-1640 How did the City of London come to be involved...
Walking the Line: Preserving liberty in times of insecurity A consideration of how the law should approach the threat of terrorism, treading the thin line between vigilance and oppression.