London

A collection of 16 Posts

Meet me at the Cemetery Gates post image

Meet me at the Cemetery Gates

Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries

Victor Grayson, War, Trauma and Politics with Stephen May post image

Victor Grayson, War, Trauma and Politics with Stephen May

Stephen May engages with one of the great mysteries in British political history

1926: Driving a Flock of Sheep through London post image

1926: Driving a Flock of Sheep through London

In the 1920s the last traces of old Dickensian London faded as the modern city grew at pace

Shakespeare’s Lost Years post image

Shakespeare’s Lost Years

Tinker? Tailor? Soldier? Spy? Howard Linskey looks back at the most mysterious phase of Shakespeare's life

The Fire at the Houses of Parliament post image

The Fire at the Houses of Parliament

In 1834 the home of British politics was destroyed on a dramatic autumnal night

Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope post image

Samuel Johnson and the Perils of Hope

On the anniversary of Johnson's birth, Peter Moore considers a subject that deeply engaged the great writer.

The Most Famous Actress in the Georgian World post image

The Most Famous Actress in the Georgian World

On her retirement the television producer Jo Willett set out to write a biography of Sarah Siddons

Is the British Museum Haunted? with Noah Angell post image

Is the British Museum Haunted? with Noah Angell

Writer Noah Angell on the ghosts of the British Museum

Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s post image

Walking the Streets of London in the 1660s

Joad R. Wren explains how he found inspiration and truth in Ralph Agas's map of London

1918: Parliament Square, London post image

1918: Parliament Square, London

The Armistice: a strange and uncertain peace

Gormflaith: An Irish Queen post image

Gormflaith: An Irish Queen

Shauna Lawless investigates the life of an elusive and beguiling figure

Dickensland with Lee Jackson post image

Dickensland with Lee Jackson

Lee Jackson on the trail of Charles Dickens