Picture it: London, 1666, a city of narrow streets, timber-framed buildings, and a flickering candlelight. That year, the inevitable happened. A bakery mishap ignited the Great Fire of London, a blaze ...

A plume of acrid smoke is drifting eastward after a huge explosion rocked the Buncefield oil depot in Hemel Hempstead, 20 miles northwest of London, at 6:03 a.m. local time Sunday. The blast was heard ...

Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago. Today, they remain landmark destinations. As Los Angeles approaches its own ...

Explore the historic City of London in this 4K walking tour. Visit The Monument to the Great Fire of London and walk among surrounding streets with a mix of historic landmarks and modern buildings.

LONDON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Around 125 firefighters tackled a fire in the roof of London's Somerset house on Saturday, though the historic building's major art collections, including works by Manet, ...

Can any of your readers explain the principle of the scotoscope which Pepys defines in his diary (Aug. 13, 1664) as an instrument enabling objects to be viewed “in a dark room”? It seems scarcely ...

Join Anthony and Maddy as they explore the life of 16th century astrologer and so-called seer, Nostradamus, to find out if he really had the ability to see into the future. This episode was edited by ...