This Is One Of The Most Active Cities Suddenly Turned Into A Beautiful Ghost Town

Our once-buzzing metropolis is suddenly tranquil indeed. There's something peaceful and at the same time unnatural about it, as London is famously jam-packed at any time.

I heard that nineteen people had been arrested and a further ten fined after a group gathered to protest against coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Hyde Park, on Saturday.

So, armed with a face mask, camera and my protection dog Sam (my fearless cocker spaniel) I went to see with my own eyes what was happening in central London.

I went for a socially distant stroll through central London and caught this moment in our history of a city like no other. Continue...

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The Thames Is "Severely Polluted" With Plastic

The River Thames is "Severely Polluted" with Plastic River Thames Plastic pollution in the River Thames is reaching record-high levels, and things could get much worse. London's River Thames is full of secrets: home to human teeth, deadly Amazonian Piranha , and " hyperactive " eels predisposed to swimming in high cocaine concentrations. But are those somebody's gnashes snarling from below Tower Bridge — or bottle caps? Tight on its belt, the Thames exposes its most deadly horrors. It isn't easy to miss. The second-largest river in the United Kingdom has a massive plastic problem, documented by a new report . Researchers noted that the London River has some of the world's highest confirmed plastic particles rates, which makes the Thames one of the worst plastic-polluted rivers on Earth. Continue...

London’s Most Notorious Prisons

London’s Most Notorious Prisons London has had many prisons, the most famous of which is the Tower of London. Victorian London was renowned for its prisons and places of correction – Dickens vividly portrayed the harsh conditions and inhuman treatment of prisoners. While there are no more Victorian buildings, it is possible to visit the sites where they once stood, which will also take you to London's fascinating areas. Tower of London Tower of London The Tower of London is the most popular tourist attraction in London and one of the greatest examples of Norman architecture anywhere in the world. William I started it around 1066. It was deliberately built just outside the City boundary as a warning to potential troublemakers. It was then extended by various monarchs till Edward I, and has been a palace, prison, menagerie, place of execution and fortress for the crown jewels. Famous occupants have included Sir Francis Drake, Anne Boleyn (executed by the sword), Sir Walter Ral...

The Great Fire Of London 1666

This Is The Great Fire Of London 1666 Story Those who survived the Great Plague of 1665 must have thought that the year 1666 could not have been worse! Poor souls… they could not have imagined the tragedy that was about to fall on them. On September 2, a fire started in the King's bakery in Pudding Lane near London Bridge. This rapidly spread to Thames Street, where warehouses packed with combustibles and a heavy wind from the East turned the blaze into an inferno. After days of stuggles the Great Fire was finally extinguished on September 6. By then more than four-fifths of London was ashes. Miraculously, Only around half a dozen people were recorded to have died. Sunday, September 2, 1666 In Thomas Fairness pudding Lane bakery is now almost one o'clock in the morning on Sunday, September 2. Everything's quiet in Pudding Lane. The foreigners finally went to bed an hour ago. The 23-year-old daughter Hannah was the last to go to sleep after getting in light for a candle. L...

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