London

Steven R. Smith finds that John Evelyn proposed some drastic remedies to combat the polluted air of London in the seventeenth century.

Most of Shakespeare’s working life was spent in or around the City of London. By the time he retired, Greater London—a residential as well as a commercial metropolis—was beginning to spring up beyond its ancient limits. By Martin Holmes.

S.M. Toyne draws upon Guy Fawkes’ background in an effort to better understand his single-minded motivation.

Seth Alexander Thévoz looks at how Victorian clubs in London’s West End played a role in oiling the nation’s political wheels.

Thomas Balston profiles John Boydell, Lord Mayor of London in 1790, who created the first great printselling business in Britain, and could count Reynolds, Romney, Fuseli, Benjamin West, and Wright of Derby among the artists who worked for him.

D.W. Brogan

Gerald Cobb explores secrets of the capital's ecclesiastical architecture.

A detailed account of the pageantry, expense and spectacle of the First Duke of Wellington's public funeral.

Richard Hough explains how the epic construction of the first railway line linking England's largest cities changed the country forever.

The capital went underground on January 9th, 1863.

Alan Smith relates the tale of the Cato Street conspirators.

Sarah Wise admires an assessment of lunacy in 19th-century London.

Gillian Tindall reflects on a recent discovery by a Dickens scholar, which offers new insights into the great writer’s early years.