The wall, which lay for decades beneath Emperor House in Vine Street, north of the Tower of London, is now part of a museum-quality display and cafe. Emperor House was demolished in 2018 and replaced ...

As the fifth anniversary of the global pandemic approaches, emotions still run raw across the UK amid lingering accusations that the then government responded too slowly to the crisis. Some 240,000 ...

Until 2006, the wall had lain undiscovered under central London since Roman times It has now been recognised by Historic England as a listed monument It has wooden wharf and quay structures which are ...

Signs of the 400-year Roman occupation of Britain are all around us, if you know where to look. Excavations are always bringing to light new treasures, but in London, many are in plain sight or hidden ...

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At first, it was only a few stones. Now it’s a large section of the wall crumbling to the ground at a London historical landmark — and heritage activists want to know why nothing has been done. The ...

What have the Romans ever done for us? Well for starters, they built walls, which are pretty fundamental to cities we’d say. And now you can admire the Romans’ handiwork in real life, as a previously ...

A long-hidden section of London’s Roman Wall is seeing the light of day again thanks to a “brilliant” new exhibition that is free for the public to enjoy. Located off Vine Street — near Fenchurch ...

Weird as it sounds, Michael Gove is currently some omniscient deemster of London — at least when it comes to the capital's architecture. As Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ...

UK families of some 240,000 people who died from Covid-19 have hung festive lights on a London wall, a symbol of love, anger and pain ahead of another Christmas overshadowed by loss. As the fifth ...