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Among the array of diseases which brought death to Tudor England, the sweating sickness stood out, for the speed with which it struck, its dreadful...

London has been an irresistible subject for generations of artists and draughtsmen, who have captured scenes of everyday life as well as the grand ...

Sir Walter Mauny was described as Edward IIIs faithful knight. That accurately summed up his life and career as a loyal servant of the king, distin...

From its foundation by the Romans in the middle of the first century and its revival under Alfred the Great in the late ninth century, London grew ...

Everyday life in the teeming metropolis during William Shakespeare's time in the city. Shakespeare's London was a bustling, teeming metropolis that...

Evidence of the foulness and cruelty of the greatest catastrophe ever to hit London is still being unearthed under the streets of the capital today...

The Tower of London is an icon of Englands history. William the Conqueror built the White Tower after his invasion and conquest in 1066 to dominate...

Samuel Pepys's London was a turbulent, boisterous city, enduring the strains caused by foreign wars, the Great Plague and the Great Fire, yet growi...

The story of the battle of Turnham Green and how 'the sack of London' was prevented by Londoners. As Charles I's army marched on the capital in the...

The official guidebook to Charterhouse - a hidden historic gem in the heart of London. The Charterhouse is a peaceful spot that has rightly been de...

Tudor London was a vibrant capital city, the very hub of English cultural and political life. The thriving metropolis had a strong royal presence, ...

The destruction caused by the English Civil Wars was widespread and devastating. Towns, villages, churches, and country houses were destroyed, and ...

The bubonic plague epidemic which struck England in 1665-6 was responsible for the deaths of almost a third of London's population. Its sheer scale...