• London and The Battle of Jutland
    London and The Battle of Jutland
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    31st May sees the hundredth anniversary of the Battle of Jutland. Although the Battle was fought far out in the North Sea, it left its mark on London. The Battle of Jutland was the largest naval battle of World War One, the long anticipated clash between the battleships that Germany and Britain had been building…

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  • Kings and Queens in London – Edward I
    Kings and Queens in London – Edward I
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    Our series looking at the legacy of Kings and Queens in London continues with Edward I. Edward I was in Sicily returning from fighting the crusades when his father Henry III died in 1272. Edward and his wife Eleanor, who he had married at the age of 15, made a very leisurely return to London, where Edward…

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