Following Emperor Claudius’ conquest, the Roman Empire lasted from AD 43 to AD 410 in Britain. After more than 3 centuries of direct rule, Britain stopped being of the empire, when local rebellions ...
From 5 to 9 December 1952, thick, filthy, toxic smog, a combination of industrial pollution, domestic coal fire burning and unusual weather conditions blanketed the London area. Visibility was reduced ...
On 25 November 1944 at 12.26 pm on a busy shopping Saturday, a German V2 rocket bomb made a direct hit on a crowded Woolworths store in London’s New Cross. The aftermath resembled battlefield carnage.