Mary Ann Bernal

  Follow the tour  HERE This collection of eleven tales offers dramatic pinpricks in the rich tapestry of London’s timeline, a city with two...

  ‘A Ha’penny Will Do’ Alison Huntingford   Love, dreams and destitution Three members of one family are linked by their struggle to s...

Ancient Origins A Cabman’s shelter was a special place in London, England during the second half of the 19th century. These types of s...

History Extra Who do we have to thank for the Christmas cracker? Traditionally the credit goes to london confectioner Tom Smith. In 1...

History Extra Tamora – Titus Andronicus Tamora, Queen of the Goths, is a cruel and brutal central player in Shakespeare’s ultimate re...

History Extra All images are © Wellcome Images  Hannah Bisaker’s puff pastry, 1692 To make puff paist  "Take halfe a quort...

History Extra On 5 September 1666, the 33-year-old Samuel Pepys climbed the steeple of the ancient church of All Hallows-by-the-Tower a...

Ancient Origins A new study suggests that medieval London was notorious for its excessive violence. The overall findings suggest that v...

History Extra On the weekend of 10–12 June, members of the British public, the media and the royal family will partake in a series of s...