London stories

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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

The Great Fire of London

In 1666 an "infinite fire” consumed the city

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

How the Great Fire caused a London housing crisis

Rent rises, homelessness and migration to the suburbs

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

Three myths about the Great Fire of London

No, the fire didn’t stop the plague

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

A Spanish view of the Great Fire of London

A 1666 report shows the fire made international news

Art & Design
Art & Design

Wenceslaus Hollar’s etchings of fashion & fire

A 17th-century recorder of women’s clothes and London's skyline

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

The Great Plague of 1665

An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic

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