Across centuries and continents, formidable fires once threatened to destroy three major cities: Rome, London and Chicago.

Watch: How the fire was put out Quiz: The Great Fire of London The fire started in a bakery, near Pudding Lane on the night of 2 September, 1666. At the time, people used fires for all kinds of ...

audio2: Samuel Pepys and the Great Fire of London - Part 2 A second programme exploring The Great Fire of London through songs and music activities.

LONDON — The U.K. government on Friday announced plans to dismantle the remains of London’s Grenfell Tower, almost eight years after the deadliest fire in Britain since World War II swept through the ...

After the Great Fire of 1666 the City of London banned straw thatched roofs. Almost all the houses lost in Los Angeles (FT View, January 16) were of wooden construction, with often only the brick ...

LONDON tour guide, John Warland, who has visited hundreds of boozers in the English capital has named Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese ...

For the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, Horrible Histories returns for a one-off special looking at the disaster and the events that surrounded it. On the night of September 2nd, a ...

Is it possible to see into the future Many believe that a man named Michel de Nostradamus could His predictions of the future have mystified scholars for over four hundred years Nostradamus made over ...

Is it possible to see into the future Many believe that a man named Michel de Nostradamus could His predictions of the future have mystified scholars for over four hundred years Nostradamus made over ...