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
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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
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
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
Elizabeth Brownrigg – a brutal murderer
Elizabeth Brownrigg was a brutal eighteenth century murderer with a violent streak who tortured her female charges, eventually killing one of them. But she came to grisly end herself. Elizabeth was married to James Brownrigg, a plumber who moved with his wife in to Flower-de-Luce Court off Fleet Street. It was the year 1765 and…