Execution Dock: London’s most feared location in the 1700s
“Pirates be warned…”
London
A Bomb in Wardour Street: How Soho became the sleazy heart of the London punk scene
Something happening in the heart of London…
The Clink: How London’s oldest prison gave jails everywhere their nickname
I mean, abolish them immediately, but they’re still pretty interesting.
The dark reason a statue outside the BBC was vandalised with a hammer
It still remains up to this day.
The Bullet Catch: a brief, bloody history of the world’s deadliest magic trick
Sometimes magic gets real.
Mary Ann Bevan: the heroic story of the “ugliest woman in the world”
It does have a happy ending at least…