England

The 'puffing devil', the first passenger-carrying vehicle powered by steam, made its debut on a road outside Redruth in Cornwall on December 24th, 1801.

L.W. Cowie describes the wedding of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon on November 14th, 1501.

Charles Saumarez Smith, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, reflects on some of the issues raised by the exhibition 'Painted Ladies: Women at the Court of Charles II'.

Elaine Murphy looks at the two families who dominated the private provision of care for the insane in London in the early 19th century.

The remarkable wave of rebuilding and new building that took place across society, between 1570 and the outbreak of the Civil War.

Robert Curthose invaded England on July 21st, 1101.

Bribery scandals in cricket are nothing new. England’s 1882 tour of Australia soon brought the most respectable of sports into disrepute.

The pirate William Kidd was executed in London on 23 May 1701.

LCC housing architects and their work between 1893 and 1914, by Michael Crowder

Charlotte Crow reviews the Museum of London exhibition tracing three centuries of artistic creativity in London.