You can also meet Tudors, Georgians and people from the 17th Century at the annual festival… Lead Image: Chelsea History Festival The Chelsea History Festival is back again to take over three... Read more »
Richard Puller (1747-1826) was a merchant of London and director of the South Sea Company. He inherited the family home at the top of Snakes Lane, which I think was later demolished... Read more »
A hospice has put together an exhibition of unique oral history recordings covering six decades of the home’s work. The Voices that Shaped Us can be visited on Saturday, August 6 at... Read more »
Dorothy, HS2’s whopping 2000-tonne custom-made tunnel boring machine, has completed her first tunnel breakthrough along the London to Birmingham route this is the first of 64 miles of intricate tunnels set... Read more »
Hundreds of people attended the launch of a heritage trail linking 20 landmarks and historic sites. The North Chingford Heritage Trail was launched on Saturday, June 25 and met with huge enthusiasm... Read more »
Liza Picard, who has died aged 94, wrote a series of books on London’s social history. The success of the first, Restoration London (1997), stimulated a mini-boom of history books on everyday... Read more »
There’s a new grime exhibit coming to the Museum of London later this month. Grime Stories, on display from 17th June, explores the history of the influential UK born and bred genre... Read more »
Photo: Ida Wood The idea of a Formula 1 race in London holds appeal to many, but no modern proposals have seen reality. But for Formula 2, racing in the city used... Read more »
From a secret heroin addiction to founding his £60 million business empire on a loan with his ex, hairdresser Nicky Clarke’s life has had plenty of colour. The stylist, 63, who was raised... Read more »
When France catches a cold, Europe begins to sneeze – that is of course amongst the oldest clichés in history. In the presidential election on Sunday, France did not quite catch a... Read more »
