Why did Henry VIII let Anne of Cleves live?
The truth about Anne of Cleves – fourth wife of Henry VIII
2017
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The horror of the Great Plague of London
The Great Plague of London and how King Charles II fled the city
Trafalgar Square – the history you didn’t know!
Trafalgar Square is a relatively recent addition to the centre of London dating back 150 years and it has a strange and turbulent history
Queen Victoria and her love of narcotics!
This is your blog author appearing in the latest episode of Private Lives of the Monarchs on Yesterday TV/UKTV – looking at the secret life of Queen Victoria. She spent much of her time in our city of London at Buckingham Palace and Windsor but what was this seemingly respectable woman getting up to behind…
A horrific day trip to Georgian London!
A day trip to Georgian London could have involved going to see a prisoner put to death or watching a live amputation by a well known surgeon
Ten places where hangings took place in London
London hangings and other forms of execution took place in different parts of London as Tony McMahon discovers looking back over the centuries
Ten facts about Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Ten tantalising facts you may not have known about one of London’s biggest public squares, Lincoln’s Inn Fields near Holborn
London plague pits – the locations!
Wherever you go in central London there are plague pits under your feet – literally thousands of skeletons of those who died in a horrific way
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