The great London tornado of 1091
In the year 1091 a huge tornado hit the city of London tearing down its famous bridge as Tony McMahon discovers
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Tragic wedding party deaths in the London Blitz
At both ends of the same road in Camberwell, London is stark evidence of mass deaths in the London Blitz as Tony McMahon discovers
London – which statues should be toppled?
It seems like some London statues may be toppled but you might be surprised to know who many statues have been toppled in the past or hidden away
The missing head of Oliver Cromwell
Tony McMahon investigates the disappearance of the head of Oliver Cromwell and the various places it appears to have turned up
Highwaymen in the middle of London!
London historian Tony McMahon guides you through the lives of some notorious highwaymen and their daring in robbing people in central London
Galvanism – Frankenstein science and the dead!
Galvanism was a new science that brought the dead back to life – seemingly – and inspired the novel Frankenstein
Tragedy as Jews expelled from England
This is a curious and terrible story I heard about years ago and found again in an old book on London history dating from the 1870s in my library. The story goes that when King Edward I of England expelled all the Jewish people from his kingdom, one ship captain deliberately murdered a group of…
Prisoners infect judges with typhus – jail fever!
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later
London hated the French long before Brexit
Being French in London could make you unpopular long before Brexit when in the 18th century there was widespread xenophobia and abuse
The gang that terrorised Georgian London!
We think of gangs as a modern day evil but Georgian London had its urban gangs like the Black Boy Alley crew as Tony McMahon discovers