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A History of London – free talk recording

27/11/2023 donbrown 0

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 […]

Londinium: a new place to see the capital’s Roman wall

14/11/2023 donbrown 0

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 […]

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Londinium: the Billingsgate Roman Bath House

14/11/2023 donbrown 0

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

24/07/2023 donbrown 0

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

22/06/2022 donbrown 0

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

07/09/2021 donbrown 0

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’

09/09/2015 donbrown 2

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 […]

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A History of London – free talk recording

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