The mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe
The death of Elizabethan playwright Christopher Marlowe remains a mystery – was he murdered or was his death faked? Tony McMahon investigates
Elizabeth I
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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
Sir Walter Raleigh catches fire in Islington
This is a curious story about how Sir Walter Raleigh allegedly caught fire and was extinguished by his manservant. Raleigh – swashbuckling adventurer under Queen Elizabeth I (or Queen Bess if you prefer) – and Islington don’t exactly sit together in your mind. But Raleigh and other Elizabethans loved popping over to the village of…