London’s Forgotten Children: Thomas Coram and the Foundling Hospital In 1739, Captain Thomas Coram was dismayed at the sight...
War and Peace in Europe from Napoleon to the Kaiser: The Russo-Turkish War, 1875-1878 This is the least-known of the wars discussed in this...
The Reform Club: Architecture and the birth of popular government Professor Peter Marsh, Honorary Professor of History at the University...
The Lost Hospitals of London: Bethlem Hospital - Worth a Visit? Bethlem Hospital was an integral part of London’s charitable provision...
Imperial Rivalry with the Russian Empire During the nineteenth century, Great Britain and Russia engaged in...
From West-Indian Immigrants to Caribbean Communities This is a part of the series of four lectures...
The Londonderry Plantation from 1641 until the Disengagement at the end of the Nineteenth Century The events that led to the Londonderry Plantation had momentous...
Richard Hakluyt: London’s role in navigation and history Richard Hakluyt (1552-1616) is famous for his Principal Navigations, intended...
At war with the French: Louis XIV and Napoleon Both Louis XIV in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries...