Chapter 207- “Alack! Poor mouse!” (1546)
1546- a year which saw the full tyranny of Henry VIII bloom across London; when the city was not being forced to buy tonnes of surplus wheat from the King; when it was not celebrating the end of the W...
30 Jul 57min
Chapter 206- “Some for one thing, some for another…” (1543-1546)
The Story finds itself in the last years of the reign of Henry VIII- and we find our metropolis a place where innocent simple teenagers are burned alive, where security clampdowns see curfews and hous...
23 Jul 51min
Chapter 205- “Lombard street shall be exercised…” (1520-1550)
An episode where we look under the surface to see what the cities merchants were doing- and run into some surprising truths; this was London at the birth of modern capitalism, and this chapter takes y...
15 Jul 52min
Chapter 204- “No man dare speak against…” (1539-1544)
Henry VIII was a tyrant. He was a brutal, wilful, petulant king, whose desire to do whatever the hell he felt like and deal with the consequences later, had driven his country into uncharted and dang...
8 Jul 54min
Chapter 202- “With force and arms break down the gate” (1536-1550)
We take a pause from the narrative, to examine, in detail, what the dissolution of the monasteries of London meant for the city- literally, who gained the land and the buildings, what did they do with...
17 Jun 54min
Chapter 201- Down, down, down, down… (1533-1535)
We return with the story as we examine the circumstances that saw a drastic change in fortunes for the cities two most powerful residents- for Thomas Cromwell? His rise in power and status, and his l...
10 Jun 55min
Chapter 200- “She has raised a fire…” (1528-1534)
This week we examine the tale of Elizabeth Barton- holy woman, prophetess, political demagogue and the figure who openly defied Henry VIII over his desire to marry Anne Boleyn. But her story is one wh...
27 Mai 57min
