War correspondent Emile Dillon was born in a hardware shop near the Four Courts in Victorian Dublin, but went on to become a ...

From London to Birmingham and Manchester there ... The huge underground maze includes everything from medieval tanneries and Victorian slums to World War 2 air raid shelters and pub cellars ...

Dr Emile J Dillon, War Writer, Dead” was the main headline on a New York Times article published on June 10, 1933. “Former ...

As wealthy Londoners await the grand opening of the Great Exhibition of 1851 in the new Crystal Palace, Zaria Mendoza is at ...

From London to Birmingham and Manchester there is plenty to choose from when it comes to a city break. But there is one place that is mostly known for its connection to Robin Hood and yet it has more ...

Bermondsey To the east of Tower Bridge, where spice and tea were offloaded from ships into huge warehouses and hundreds lived in Jacob’s Island, one of the worst slums in Victorian London.

From Boudicca to Billy Bluelight and so much more…this new book is one of the finest to be written in recent times about The ...

With local elections across much of England, it’s time we took regional accountability much more seriously, says Simon Clarke ...

His slum clearance around Corporation Street reduced ... These feats are not something limited to the Victorian age. The incredible legacy of Sir Howard Bernstein, the Chief Executive of ...