Walking through Lockdown London with a visor!
In early June 2020, I broke the Coronavirus lockdown and walked through the centre of London wearing a face visor to see how the city had changed
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Coronavirus – lessons of past plagues
Tony McMahon looks at the history of viruses in human history and how they have shaped our evolution and society
Berlin museums shut because of Coronavirus, however…
Tony McMahon visited the Pergamon Museum in Berlin just before it shut because of the Coronavirus and captured amazing footage of this Roman gateway
Coronavirus – and panic in history
In history we see episodes of huge panic as we’re now witnessing with Coronavirus and we saw with terrorism and the threat of nuclear war in the past
La Peste: Plague, heresy and murder in Spain
Why the Spanish drama series La Peste – The Plague in English – is one of the best historical productions on TV
Great Plague of London in 1665
London experienced one plague after another under the Tudors and Stuarts culminating in the Great Plague of 1665 in the reign of King Charles II
London plague pits – the locations!
Wherever you go in central London there are plague pits under your feet – literally thousands of skeletons of those who died in a horrific way