The Great Fire of London started at a bakery in Pudding Lane, when everyone was asleep. It spread quickly. News of the fire spread too, and it reached a man called Samuel Pepys – who worked for ...

I could not help but reflect on how money works in times of disaster, whether that disaster is caused by the climate or conflict or cyberterrorism.

Samuel Pepys was highly critical of the Mayor ... It was designed by Christopher Wren. The Great Fire of London was a disaster that saw around 436 acres of the city destroyed.

His sharp wit and erudite conversation charmed the likes of King Charles II and earned him the admiration of the era's greatest diarists, John Evelyn and Samuel ... Great Fire of London, which ...

Born in the humble surroundings of a Romsey clothier's shop in 1623, young William displayed an insatiable curiosity from the very cradle.

Several local people kept a diary of events in Basingstoke over the years, including Samuel Attwood, who wrote for more than half a century, ...

Another romantic hotel in London is NoMad in Covent Garden, with a bright restaurant in its atrium as the centrepoint and lots of dark corners for romance. Also aiding and abetting mischief is Side ...

And London was not alone. After the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, city leaders built a massive new opera house. A month after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the French actress Sarah Bernhardt gave a ...

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As Los Angeles rebuilds after devastating wildfires, the histories of these three cities offer helpful guidance.

London Fire Brigade) Firefighters battled to save seven people from huge flames after a blaze broke out at a block of flats in south London this morning. Neighbours living in the four storey block ...