In 1666 a devastating fire swept through London, destroying 13,200 houses and leaving an estimated 100,000 people homeless.

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C. Hoare & Co is the UK’s oldest privately-owned bank, and the fourth oldest of its kind in the world. Founded in 1672 by Sir Richard Hoare, the banks’ clients are said to have included Samuel Pepys, ...

In Mr Golightly's Holiday, she sets out to revise Milton by explaining the ways of man to God. The result is a brilliantly executed roman à clef simultaneously funny, sad and surprising. The novel is ...

Tim Hilton: A Painter’s Progress - Young Mr Turner: The First Forty Years, 1775–1815 by Eric Shanes. Tim Hilton: A Painter’s Progress - Young Mr Turner: The First Forty Years, 1775–1815 by Eric Shanes ...

Pepys noted down literally everything that happened to him on a daily basis in the London of the 1660s. The result is a detailed, humorous chronicle of his everyday life – how Pepys squabbles with his ...

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Jenny Uglow, Edward Lear’s most sensitive biographer to date, does him proud. She follows him patiently on all his travels, but she also explores the inner journeys suggested by the works that made ...

The introduction is brilliant, the selections are impeccable, the illustrations are apposite and the footnotes are entertaining as well as erudite. This distillation reveals that Benson’s diary is one ...

Who is Mr. Clark on 'The Bear' Season 4? Here's why Gary Janetti's Season 4, Episode 3 character, his name, and his Michelin star connection are so important.