I've been listening to a podcast about the Great Fire of London and found it of note that in the aftermath the blame was put on foreigners and those who followed a different religion (in this case Catholics)
Nothing has changed in 400 years

#GreatFireOfLondon #Scapegoat #ConspiracyTheory

Sunday morning read! As it is not the anniversary of the Great Fire of London, I decided to write about it, but not about the usual stuff we hear all the time...

#London #Fire #History #GreatFireofLondon #CityofLondon

https://anhistoriersmiscellany.com/2025/06/08/the-great-fire-of-london-hidden-perspectives-and-impacts/

On this date in 1666 the Great fire of London began. Today in London there is a Monument which commemorates this event. Here are 10 things you might not know about The Monument:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/09/2-september-monument.html

#London #Monument #GreatFireofLondon

🔥 The Great Fire of London in 1666 led to the creation of modern property insurance.

Nicholas Barbon started the first fire insurance company after witnessing the devastating effects of the fire.

#GreatFireOfLondon #PropertyInsurance

Just under a week to go before our first performance of
The King's Delight:
A programme of #music, words & #song from Restoration Britain.
#Ballads about the #Plague, the Great Fire, the Frost Fair, #horseracing, #chocolate & #coffee; loyal songs & #theatre songs; tavern rounds, dance music, and divisions and solos for the #violin, #viol & #cittern. Includes music by Jenkins, Bannister, Simpson, #Locke, #Purcell, and #Playford; words and lyrics from Pepys, Evelyn, #Shakespeare, & Aphra Behn.

Monday 22 May at 7.30pm at St John's Wood Church

Jamie Akers: #lute, #theorbo, #guitar
Emily Atkinson: #soprano
Richard de Winter: #actor, baritone
Alison Kinder: viols, recorders
Tamsin Lewis: violin, viols, alto

Tickets (£15/£10) will be available at the door, or from
https://www.continuoconnect.com/event-detail/the-kings-delight

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#earlymusic
#livemusic
#history
#charlesii
#greatfireoflondon
#earlymodern
#aphrabehn
#thedancingmaster
#histodon
@histodon
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#17thCentury

The King's Delight: Music, words & song from Restoration Britain.

22 May at St John's Wood Church, London.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kings-delight-tickets-594623343427?fbclid=IwAR0D-fPkRjcP1t-iIS2AW32iQNVLxeRvxndQX3DvV2IPMgCM89HLpm5qM_g

#earlymusic #earlymodern #concert #classicalmusic #livemusic #concerts #histodon #histodons @histodons @histodon #chocolate #coffee #plague #greatfireoflondon #17thCentury #seventeenthcentury #violin #soprano #guitar #lute