London - The Forgotten Hanseatic City: The Hanseatic League The first part of the symposium included the following talks...
Britten and Auden: Inventive Days, inebriated nights at 7 Middagh Street, Brooklyn In 1936, Britten and Auden established a friendship and creative...
The Guitar, the Steamship and the Picnic: England on the Move In the early nineteenth century, there developed an intimate and...
The Gordon Riots of 1780: London in Flames, a Nation in Ruins In June 1780 the most destructive urban riots in English...
Medieval Carols Jeremy Summerly traces the early history of the world’s favourite musical genre with sung illustrations from the St Luke's Carollers of Chelsea.
Apprenticeship in early modern London: The economic origins and destinations of City apprentices in the 16th and 17th centuries The prospect of an apprenticeship attracted thousands of youths to...