Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, this stone column reaches a height of 202 feet, exactly 202 feet from the ...

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The City was eventually resettled, with hints of a first St Paul’s as early as 604. But proper reoccupation only began with Alfred the Great in the late 9th century. No complete buildings from ...

In typical London fashion, the leases of these properties generated revenue for the Stationers. The livery hall itself was entered from the inner court through the great hall. To the rear of the hall, ...

London's streets may seem modern, but hidden among its buildings and alleyways are silent reminders of World War Two - fireplaces, shattered walls and faded shelter signs that tell the forgotten ...

Bernardine Evaristo, whose “Girl, Woman, Other” won the Booker Prize, invites readers into London, a city whose rich literary landscape is “for everyone, not just the privileged few.” ...

When the Great Fire of London broke out in 1666, it was so large the smoke could be seen in Oxford. It raged for four days, destroying 80 per cent of the city. Diarist Samuel Pepys wrote that ...

The Great Fire of London in 1666, which razed 436 acres of the mostly-timber city and lasted for four days, was so devastating it secured its place in the history books. CNN values your feedback 1.

When Covid-19 hit in 2020, many worried that London would bear ugly pandemic scars for a long time to come. A 2021 report from the London School of Economics set out five potential scenarios for ...

The ‘Topsy Turvy Fair of Power’ inside Guildhall's Great Hall will allow little 'uns to build their dream city, while in the courtyard, acrobats, stilt walkers, giant puppets and brass bands ...