On this day in 1666, the worst blazes of the Great Fire of London engulfed the City, creating, in the words of Samuel Pepys, “the saddest sight of desolation” he ever saw. Eliot Wilson tells us more ...
The Great Fire of London was one of the most devastating disasters in the city’s history. In this video, we walk through a detailed timeline of the 1666 tragedy – from the spark in a bakery on Pudding ...