London stories

Thirteen tales of the cooks, rebels, bankers and king who died in front of a watching crowd

In central London, you’re never further than 5km from a known site of execution

Is this what the king wore on his final day?

Hung, drawn and quartered. Beheaded, boiled or burned

Where rooftop executions became a violent Southwark spectacle

The explosive plan that gave us Bonfire Night

A tale of religion and Parliament which ends abruptly in 1649

London’s longest-running prison was home to high-profile criminals, common thieves and the condemned

Cromwell’s victories in the Civil Wars took him to the very top

How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.