"He had been a commissioner at the Great Fire of London so he knew what the pitfalls were," he said. The events to mark the anniversary begin on 29 May with the Oak Apple Day parade and a service ...

The Great Fire of 1666 destroyed central London. Several intrepid designers saw the rebuilding process as an opportunity to fix the old city's problems. None of these plans were ever adopted.

He said: “I’ve been learning about the Great Fire of London at school and thinking of it made me scared. “If the wind changed direction my house could have burned down.” Eyewitnesses ...

To make D-Day a success, the Allies thought they might have to break through formidable German defences. One unconventional ...

The county town of East Sussex, as elsewhere in the UK, has experienced soaring social inequality over the past 45 years ...

London's Historic Disaster. A great fire which began on the Southwark side of London Bridge in London in 1212 burned much of the city, north and south, and caused the death of about 3,000 of the ...

"We now know for sure that the great fire of the Marywilska shopping center in Warsaw was caused by arson ordered by the Russian special services," said Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Converting retail space back to its post-Great Fire of London plan form required significant alteration, removing structural changes while being mindful of the budget and the challenges of a tight ...

Tom Hardy's limited series Taboo will be leaving BBC iPlayer in just a matter of days. The period drama was co-created by Hardy, his father Chips Hardy and Peaky Blinders writer Steven Knight.