The Spanish Culture of Charles I's Court Heir to the throne Charles I made a secret trip to win the hand of a princess. For eight months he was the guest of the Spanish king in Madrid.
Sheep Across London Bridge - The Freedom of the City of London One of the oldest surviving traditional ceremonies still in existence...
Faces in Court 1893-1918: Drawings of William Hartley from New Scotland Yard's Crime Museum William Hartley (1862-1937) was an early Fleet Street photographer whose...
Calendar Curiosities for 29 February Did Archbishop Whitgift really die on 29th February 1603? Why...
The Novel & Psychology: Edith Wharton's 'The Age of Innocence' Written between the two World Wars, Edith Wharton’s The Age...
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...
Twenty-first Century Threats: Tuberculosis This lecture is a part of the series Twenty-First Century...