A History of London – free talk recording
Last week I did a Zoom talk for 40 or so people as a fundraiser for Prostate Cancer UK. Called “a history of London in […]
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Londinium: a new place to see the capital’s Roman wall
Typical, you wait ages for a post about Roman London, then three come along at once. After the Mithraeum and the Billingsgate bath house, here’s […]
Londinium: the Billingsgate Roman Bath House
Dig a hole in the City of London and a few metres down you will hit Londinium, the original city, because before the Romans there […]
The Mithraeum: The City of London’s Roman Temple
Under the Bloomberg European headquarters building in the City is the ‘London Mithraeum’, a glimpse into an obscure part of Roman London. Obscure not just […]
The crypt museum in All Hallows by the Tower
Fight your way through the crowds surrounding the Tower of London and you might just make it through to one of London’s oldest churches. All […]
Boudicca, destroyer of London
WHAT: Boudicca / Boadicea and her Daughters WHERE: Westminster Embankment (map) BY WHOM: Thomas Thorneycroft WHEN: 1902
Cleary Gardens – one of the City’s ‘Pocket Parks’
With so much noise and traffic in the City it’s sometimes nice to take a bit of time out. And that’s what places like Cleary […]