"He had been a commissioner at the Great Fire of London so he knew what the pitfalls were," he said. The events to mark the anniversary begin on 29 May with the Oak Apple Day parade and a service ...

A primary school near Carlisle has enjoyed a 'fantastic' morning as they recreated the Great Fire of London. Over the last half-term key stage one students at Warwick Bridge Primary School have ...

In 1665, one year before the Great Fire of London, Newport was already a thriving market town with narrow streets filled by homes mostly made of wood. Tragedy struck on the afternoon of Friday ...

Discover the echoes of the past as we delve into the remnants of the Great Fire of London. 🔥 Join me on this journey through history and see how the resilient city rose from the ashes.

Adrian Tinniswood is an adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of “By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London.” In early September 1666, ...

American journalist Ernie Pyle watched the chaos unfold, and dubbed it the ‘Second Great Fire of London’. As the planes roared over London at around 6.15 pm on December 29, 1940, and dropped ...

The fire raged for more than three days, consuming huge swaths of the city, but the Great Fire of London story often leaves out what happened after the fire. What happened to London after the ...

Tom Elwick, from the Discovery Museum, in Newcastle, said: "All of the big events like the Great Fire of London get all the glory but this local event is something that changed the Quayside." ...

The Great Fire of London by Josepha Jane Battlehooke (1675). Credit: Museum of London If you had been in London on September 2, 1666, the chances are you'd remember exactly where you were and who ...

Kate Loveman received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council for this research. If you had been in London on September 2 1666, the chances are you’d remember exactly where you ...

If you had been in London on September 2 1666, the chances are you’d remember exactly where you were and who you were with. This was the day the Great Fire began, sweeping across the city for almost ...