Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 15 March 2013
Eclectic treasures, Christian movements and sacrificial beheadings, with N Quentin Woolf
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Londonist Out Loud: A Podcast About London, 8 March 2013
N Quentin Woolf meets Gareth Edwards to talk train disasters and their social impact
London’s Forgotten Disasters: The Fatal Vespers
A hundred die in Blackfriars as floor collapses.
London’s Forgotten Disasters: Ice Skating Tragedy In Regent’s Park
When 40 people died in this most tranquil of spots.
See Parliament Burn Down, Live On Twitter
Historian live tweets the anniversary of the burning of parliament.
London’s Forgotten Disasters: The Colney Hatch Fire
Ever heard of the worst peacetime London fire since the 13th Century?
Folk Olympics: Part Time Entertainers And Raw Sewage
A song inspired by one of London’s worst disasters.
Book Review: London Disasters By John Withington
London has a fickle memory for disaster. Could you name the location of London’s most fatal fire since the Second World War? Turns out it was just metres from Tottenham Court Road Tube, and as recently as 1980. An horrific act of arson led to …
Mapped: London’s Worst Disasters And Tragedies
View London’s Worst Disasters in a larger map Like any big city, London has suffered its share of tragedy over the centuries. We all remember recent events such as the July 7 bombs and the Clapham rail crash, but many incidents, horrific at the time, …
