In 1991, the remains of a woman were discovered on the early medieval foreshore of the Thames River. The skeletal remains ...

Nostradamus and Baba Vanga, two of history's most famous prophets, continue to fascinate with their alleged predictions.

By Damian Flanagan A few weeks ago, I attended a rather unusual concert in Cambridge, England. All the pieces of music dated ...

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted. Why?

Over the last half-term key stage one students at Warwick Bridge Primary School have been learning about the Great Fire of London in 1666. As part of their learning, the pupils made their own ...

The map below shows a modern City of London, with the highlighted section showing the extent of the Great Fire. We have used Wenceslaus Hollar’s famous map of 1666 as our main source. As you can see, ...

Many thanks to Mike and all the team. Previous online course student In the two hundred years after the Great Fire London emerged as the world’s greatest city, the metropolitan capital of the largest ...

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1666, 80% of medieval London burned to the ground in the largest fire in the city's history. The fire raged for more than three days, consuming huge swaths of the city, but the Great Fire of ...

With the V&A’s collections and curators for inspiration, on this twelve-week course we will explore its dynamic and fascinating history from the Norman Conquest to the Great Fire. A city of learning ...