In 1709 the local vicar in Upminster stuck a 5-metre long telescope on his church roof to time cannon fire. The locals thought he was nuts. He wanted to prove Isaac Newton hadn't measured the speed of sound accurately. He was right.

Murder. Theft. Arson, Looting. Explore the 1272 Norwich Priory Riots - when a cathedral prior ordered his congregation to be shot at by mercenaries.

Where were dissidents buried? Many graveyards wouldn't take non-conformists' bodies. At Bunhill Fields (and the surrounding plots) a system was worked out allowing Quakers, Baptists, Methodists, Congregationalists, Presbyterians and others to receive a Christian burial when the authorities turned them away elsewhere. Come with me as I tell you their story.

The first raid as part of an active aerial bombing campaign of Britain was carried on in World War 1.