England

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

Steven Gunn looks at the condition of Britain at the beginning of the Tudor era, and finds a society that was increasingly cohesive, confident and cosmopolitan.

Heather Shore challenges the view that the 19th century was a pivotal period of change in the treatment of young offenders.