London has long been a haven for religious refugees, and in 1550 the Protestant King Edward VI issued a royal charter allowing Protestants fleeing religious persecution on the Continent to establish t...
11.01.2026 Msn.com
Death stalks the halls of the Opera House theatre as the world’s longest-running stage play returns to Manchester for its 75th Anniversary Tour of Agatha Christie’s timeless murder mystery, The Mouset...
10.27.2026 Ilovemanchester.com
WILLIAM CHARLES PORTER William Charles Porter, 83, of Auburn passed to life eternal on Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026, after a protracted illness. The son of Arthur Cleveland Porter Sr. and Madeliene Van Sandt...
10.28.2026 Opelikaobserver.com
Today in History: Happy Friday, everyone! Halloween is this weekend, so today’s Spark has a spooky theme, starting with the 1938 radio broadcast that had listeners convinced Martians had landed in New...
10.30.2026 Spiceworks.com
We remember the late and much-loved Malcolm Johnson , author of Crypts of London , who wrote this brief history of crypts. Malcolm was formerly Rector of St Botolph’s, Aldgate, where he ran a homeless shelter in the crypt. At St Clement, King Sq After the Great Fire of 1666, it was decided not to replace thirty-two out of those churches destroyed in the Square Mile. Yet St Paul’s Cathedral and fifty-one churches were rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren, Robert Hooke and others, and almost all of the...
10.28.2026 Spitalfieldslife.com
(Past Forward is a new monthly history column by Kavitha Rao on how the past shapes the present and the future. )As a recent immigrant to the UK, I often find myself trapped between belligerent far-ri...
11.02.2026 Thequint.com
At the time, Payne admits, he wasn’t really sure what he was listening to. “It was fascinating. I had no idea what he was talking about, making references to things I had no clue about, but it didn’t ...
10.29.2026 Heraldscotland.com
It’s Autumn Release time at CIT, with an impressive St Pauls Cathedral headlining a dozen new issues. Her’s our look at the first four. Like all of the seasonal release tranches, the Autumn launches a...
10.29.2026 Agaunews.com
Known as one of the most prestigious universities in the country, the University of Oxford puts the city on the map and is included in the list which shares “eight of the very best” areas. Described a...
11.02.2026 Oxfordmail.co.uk
It's Friday and National Candy Corn Day . Birthdays: Christopher Wren , John Adams , Clifford Brown , Louis Malle , Grace Slick . RIP Patrick Stewart . Our community project for today: celebrate the start of Halloween weekend by wearing a fragrance t...
10.29.2026 Nstperfume.com and 1 sites
