A History of London

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A sweltering House of Commons is debating the Corn Laws, while in Chelsea Thomas and Jane Carlyle worry that their stodgy mutton and potato diet is giving them constipation.

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A second fortified Borough was established on the south bank at Southwark, the Suthringa Geworc (defensive work of the men of Surrey). As Season 2 of Secrets of the London Underground is released, we sit down with presenters Siddy Holloway and Tim Dunn to find out more about the challenges and wonders of filming this documentary series.The docklands area had become largely derelict by the 1980s, but was redeveloped into flats and offices from the mid-1980s onwards. This version of the classic nursery rhyme is the best way to introduce young children to the sights of London. On 6 May 2023, the coronation of Charles III and his wife, Camilla, as king and queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms, took place at Westminster Abbey, London. Salim boards the London Eye but never gets off again so it’s up to his cousins Ted and Kat to find him as they follow a trail of clues across London.

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As the capital of a massive empire, London became a magnet for immigrants from the colonies and poorer parts of Europe. The smaller forts of Baynard's Castle and Montfichet's Castle were also established along the waterfront. Enjoy expert exhibition talks, get crafty and print your own retro poster, muse on muses in a life drawing session, and explore the Museum after dark. Shylo Tawny-Tail is a quiet country rabbit who stumbles across a band of ratzis and their diabolical plan to take a photo of the Queen in her nightie.The surviving members of the witan met in London and elected King Edward's young nephew Edgar the Ætheling as king. At first glance this no man’s land, wedged to the north of Camden Town, might seem to be a place without significant history. Journey 11 stories underground to explore Clapham South deep-level shelter, where over a mile of subterranean passageways reveal the extraordinary stories of those who have sheltered here since 1944. Around the start of the 21st century, London hosted the much derided Millennium Dome at Greenwich, to mark the new century. Richard Quentin Donald Hornsey, The Spiv and the Architect: Unruly Life in Postwar London (U of Minnesota Press, 2010).