England

The Great Rebuilding

The remarkable wave of rebuilding and new building that took place across society, between 1570 and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Robert of Normandy Invades England

Robert Curthose invaded England on July 21st, 1101.

The international match on the Melbourne Cricket Ground, from The Australasian Sketcher of 17 January 1883. National Library of Australia. Public Domain.

Victorian Cricket and Corruption

Bribery scandals in cricket are nothing new. England’s 1882 tour of Australia soon brought the most respectable of sports into disrepute.

Execution of Captain Kidd

The pirate William Kidd was executed in London on 23 May 1701.

The First Meeting of the London County Council in the County Hall Spring Gardens, 1889 by Henry Jamyn Brooks

A Revolution in London Housing

LCC housing architects and their work between 1893 and 1914, by Michael Crowder

Artists in the London Landscape

Charlotte Crow reviews the Museum of London exhibition tracing three centuries of artistic creativity in London.

Death of Frederick, Prince of Wales

Richard Cavendish marks the somewhat mysterious death of a Georgian prince, on March 20th, 1751.

The Yorkist Kings and Foreign Policy

Jonathan Lewis points to the centrality of foreign policy in the making and unmaking of English kings in the fifteenth century.

Hugh of Lincoln: the Hammer of Kings

Described by John Ruskin as “the most beautiful sacerdotal figure known to me in history,” the heroic bishop triumphantly upheld his office against two proud and strong-willed English sovereigns.

Crossing the Thames: Watermen and the New Bridge

At the beginning of the eighteenth century, there was a clear stretch of water between Kingston Bridge and London Bridge. By 1800, despite lobbying by powerful vested interests, six new bridges spanned the river.