Rat: How did The Great Fire of London start? (SINGS) Something’s burning, something’s burning. Fetch the ketchup, fetch the ketchup… BBQ! BBQ! It’s burnt and it’s crispy.Before ovens ...

London and Westminster Improved, Illustrated by Plans. To which is prefixed, A Discourse on Publick Magnificence; With Observations on the State of Arts and Artists in this Kingdom, wherein the study ...

Chroniclers of the Great Fire of London, such as the diarist Samuel Pepys, praised King Charles II and his brother James the Duke of York for their indefatigable assistance to fire fighting.

American journalist Ernie Pyle watched the chaos unfold, and dubbed it the ‘Second Great Fire of London’. As the planes roared over London at around 6.15 pm on December 29, 1940, and dropped ...

But by the time of the Great Fire there was disillusionment over the conduct of King Charles II, as war against the Dutch led to rises in taxation. Many Parliamentarians who were averse to his ...

Unlike the 1666 fire, the cause of the 1212 blaze will never be known. What we do know is that it spread with terrifying ferocity, consuming a cathedral, destroying streets and reaching London Bridge.

An illustration of the Great Fire of London. The west side of St Paul's Cathedral is on fire and people are fleeing from the gates of London with their belongings. The stones of St Paul’s flew ...

Stephen Porter, The Great Fire of London On 2 September 1666, the citizens of London woke to see the skyline above the city's cramped wooden houses ablaze. It must have been a truly apocalyptic sight.