I’m planning on doing a couple of online lectures (of about 60 minutes each) at the beginning of April. You’d be able to either follow these live via a zoom link I will send you, or catch up with a recording afterwards.
Each talk costs £12.50, or you can book both for the bargain price of just £20. If you’re not able to make the ‘live’ talk, I will send you a link to the recording post-event so you can watch at your leisure.
1 April 2025 at 7pm (London Time)
LONDON’S BURNING – the Great Fire of 1666
Starting in the small hours of 2 September in a baker’s house in Pudding Lane, the Great Fire of London burned for four days, destroying over 13,000 houses, 80 churches and Old St Paul’s Cathedral. It made tens of thousands homeless, and killed an unknown number of people.
In this online talk, we’ll trace the progress of the destruction, hear eyewitness accounts and examine the city that emerged from the ashes, including Christopher Wren’s magnificent new St Paul’s.
8 April 2025 at 7pm (London Time)
LONDINIUM – the London of the Romans.
There was no ‘London’ before the Claudian invasion of 43CE.
In this online talk I’ll look at why and how ‘Londinium’ was created, the growth and decline of the city, and explore the bits of Roman London that can still be seen and visited today.
