What was the secretive Kit-Cat club?
The Kit-Cat Club began as a dangerous secret society out to overthrow the king but evolved into a harmless dinner party club for rich gentlemen
2018
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Londoners riot at the building of Somerset House
Edward Seymour built the original Tudor palace of Somerset House and caused riots in London by tearing down other people’s houses as Tony McMahon discovers
The gory history of Temple Bar
Temple Bar used to be the entry from Westminster to the City of London and on the top of it were severed heads of those executed for treason
Tsar Peter the Great trashes a London home
Peter the Great spent time in London staying at the house of the diarist John Evelyn but unfortunately the tsar and his friends trashed the house
Politicians lynched by the London mob
The London mob has a deserved reputation for violence and has lynched several politicians over the centuries
Priests and prostitutes in Southwark
Priests and prostitutes seemed to go hand in hand (and more besides) in medieval Southwark as men of the cloth met women of the night
Freakish street performers in 17th century London
People either hate or love London street performers but they have been around for hundreds of years and won’t disappear any time soon
When three thousand people died on London Bridge
In the year 1212 London Bridge burned down and according to contemporary accounts it may have claimed the lives of over three thousand people
Lost train stations of London
There are lost train stations all over London including Broad Street, Blackwell and Camberwell among many others now demolished