The London History Show

In this episode, we're looking at the Great Fire of London.

In this episode, we're looking at beer production and consumption in Southwark, where there was a whole beer industry, from hop trading to brewing to taverns.

In this episode, we're looking at the mysterious "Arnolfini Portrait" by Northern Renaissance artist Jan van Eyck, on display in the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square. I think the Northern Renaissance- van Eyck, Holbein, Durer- is a really good place to start if you're looking to learn about art history. It's really skilful, but at the same time you can still see places where they can still improve, like how the perspective and anatomy are a little off in this painting.

In this video, we're looking at Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square. Who is that guy and why is he stood on that big pole?

In this video, we're looking at the second of Henry VIII's wives, Queen Anne Boleyn, and doing some feminist history!

In this video, we're looking Hoa Hakananai'a, an Easter Island statue that you can see for free right here in London!

In this video, we look at stolen African artworks in the British Museum commonly called the "Benin Bronzes".

In this video, we look the ruins on Clink Street of the medieval Winchester Palace.

In this video, we are looking at the 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, housed in the original Crystal Palace.

In this video, we are looking at Noor Inayat Khan, a spy and resistance fighter in Nazi-occupied France during WWII.

We've seen a lot of people and places so far- I thought it was time we met an animal. This is Sophie the Stegosaurus!

During the Second World War, Londoners were subjected to a bombing campaign we call "The Blitz". Today, we associate "Blitz Spirit" with high morale, upstanding citizenship, and being a good neighbour. But how much of that actually went on? Let's investigate.

Behind the Wapping pub, The Prospect Of Whitby, there's a horrific reminder of London's bloody past.