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
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The London of the Frankenstein Chronicles
If you’ve watched the Netflix horror series The Frankenstein Chronicles you might be wondering what part of London were all those sordid and foul alley ways and run down houses? Well, it might surprise you to know that it was a district very close to Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament. I’m a latecomer to The…
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
Londoner executed not once – but twice!
How could somebody come to be executed not once – but twice? Such is the tale of one poor, unfortunate Londoner at a time of great cruelty and savagery. Thomas Savage – appropriately named – was born in the parish of St Giles in the Fields and as a youth, became an apprentice to a…
Teenagers hanged in London – our brutal past!
Up until and including the 19th century, teenagers were hanged in London for all kinds of crimes including theft and counterfeiting