Cambridge University Press1 年
Literature and Culture in Early Modern London
In the two hundred years from 1475 London was transformed from a medieval commune ... a city that grew from 35,000 people in 1501 to 500,000 in 1670, created a change and proliferation of English ...
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The Great Stink Of London: How London's Extremely Unsanitary Practices Created A Horrible ...
When millions of people in London started dumping their waste into the Thames, the river decided to fight back with a highly ...
Crimestoppers UK7 个月
London’s Hidden Harms – modern slavery in the care sector
Our London Hidden Harms campaign is shining a light on modern slavery and is particularly focusing on the increase in labour exploitation in the social care industry. Identifying what could be modern ...
BBC10 个月
Tate Modern: Man dies after falling from London gallery
A man has died after falling from the Tate Modern gallery in London, the Metropolitan Police has said. The man died at the scene at about at 10:45 GMT despite efforts from emergency services ...
Cambridge University Press1 年
Urban Aesthetics in Early Modern London
‘Urban Aesthetics in Early Modern London makes an important contribution to scholarship-in two principal ways. First, in the argument itself, which locates the renowned ‘Metaphysical' style of ...
Natural History Museum%2c London1 年
A history of burial in London
People have lived in the area of London for at least 5,000 years. With the settlement of Roman Londinium around 2,100 years ago, the dead were buried in large numbers beneath what is now the modern ...