One of his quatrains appeared to eerily predict the Great Fire of London: “The blood of the just will be lacking in London, Burnt up in the fire of ‘66: The ancient Lady will topple from her ...

Well, the answer is easy. The Great Fire of London was one of the greatest catastrophes ever to befall the City and was a tale just too extraordinary not to be told. Over ffour days from Sunday ...

The Great Fire of London by Josepha Jane Battlehooke (1675). Credit: Museum of London If you had been in London on September 2, 1666, the chances are you'd remember exactly where you were and who ...

Rat: How did The Great Fire of London start? (SINGS) Something’s burning, something’s burning. Fetch the ketchup, fetch the ketchup… BBQ! BBQ! It’s burnt and it’s crispy.Before ovens ...

Nostradamus, a 16th-century seer, has poems that some believe predict events like the Great Fire of London, the rise of Hitler, the moon landing, 9/11 attacks, and climate change. Interpretations ...

Yet, unlike the London fire of 1666 – immortalised in a children’s nursery rhyme – few people are familiar with the terrible events which would come to be known as the Great Fire of Edinburgh.

American journalist Ernie Pyle watched the chaos unfold, and dubbed it the ‘Second Great Fire of London’. As the planes roared over London at around 6.15 pm on December 29, 1940, and dropped ...

For the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories returns for a one-off special looking at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. On the night of September 2nd, a ...

Adrian Tinniswood is an adjunct professor of history at Maynooth University and the author of “By Permission of Heaven: The Story of the Great Fire of London.” In early September 1666, ...

The famous fire ripped through London for three days in 1666 ... Swimming in praise, the great man hurries to the confluence. He will refuse entry to the magpies, Pampon and Durrance will confine ...