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#1139 Where did the Great Fire of London start?

London’s burning — Part 2

I am sure you will recall that I told you to remember the first church to be destroyed by the Great fire of London was St Margaret New…

London’s Burning — Part 1

The city of London sleeps in the early hours of a Sunday morning unaware of the drama and devastation that is about to engulf the city…

Woken from sleep in the dead of night

Screams and cries ripping through the quiet

Trilogia Rua do Medo (1994, 1978 e 1666)

A trilogia se desenvolve melhor quando abraça o estilo de cada época do que quando tenta estabelecer uma mitologia sombria, que parece ser…

‘ Both for use and beauty’: A History of Urban Planning: 1667

The King’s proclamation of September 1666, as London still smoulders started a process that would revolutionise the idea of urban planning…

After the Fire: New Plans, New City

As Henry Oldenburg, secretary of the Royal Society, wrote to Robert Boyle, many of the leading men of the city ‘discoursed of almost…

‘The Glory of London is now fled away like a Bird’, 5 September 1666

On the 5 September, the winds began to subside. On Fleet Street, the change in fortunes slowed the progress of the fire that got ahead of…

The Fall of St Paul’s Cathedral, September 4, 1666

Within the City the fire had formed into three burning arcs: the flames that had run along the river front of the Thames now charred the…