Murder of Jews in London – 700 years ago
King Edward I of England expelled Jewish people from his kingdom which resulted in a terrible mass murder in London as historian Tony McMahon discovers
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Prisoners infect judges with typhus – jail fever!
In 1750 three judges busily sentencing some criminals to death caught jail fever off them – and died of typhus a little while later
London hated the French long before Brexit
Xenophobia in London is nothing new as Londoners hated the French two hundred years ago as Tony McMahon discovers
The London of the The Frankenstein Chronicles
Historian Tony McMahon investigates the London of The Frankenstein Chronicles
Victorian slang for beginners!
If you would like to talk like a Victorian Londoner is a Charles Dickens novel then read this
Why I prefer Roundheads to Royalists
As BBC Four broadcasts a new series on King Charles I, Tony McMahon asks whether we should side with Roundheads or Royalists
The horrible death of many medieval children
How might a medieval child die in ways that are very different to the risks faced by the young today. Tony McMahon investigates
Buried: Templar treasure quest on History
Tony McMahon joins the History Channel’s documentary series Buried to investigate the Knights Templar filming in the Portuguese Templar stronghold of Tomar
Politicians lynched by the London mob
In the past, politicians were lynched by mobs because they had fallen ouf of favour and as Tony McMahon discovers, politics was a dangerous business
18th century Transgender diplomat celebrity
The examination in 1771 of transgender diplomat the Chevalier d’Eon