Featured
The Latest
-
Today in London’s history: Thomas More beheaded; wrote about Utopia, but a persecutor of ‘heretics’. 1535
“He was a good man…he was a saint…” Sir Thomas More is generally revered – as a martyr, by catholics,… READ MORE
-
Today in London’s rebel history: Jack Cade’s Kentish rebels fight all night battle on London Bridge, 1450.
In 1449 King Henry VI was almost bankrupted. The hundred years War in France was grinding to a halt through… READ MORE
-
Today in London radical history: John Horne Tooke gets a year in prison for supporting American Revolution, 1777.
In 1777 John Horne Tooke was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment for raising a fund to support the American rebels.… READ MORE
-
Today in London health care history: Workers occupy St Leonards Hospital, Hackney, 1984.
In 1979, despite opposition in the form of a day of action and a march attended by over a thousand… READ MORE
-
Today in London radical history: second day of riots against the enclosure of Plumstead Common, 1876.
Plumstead Common, a stretch of open space in what is now South-east London, was threatened by development in the late… READ MORE
Recent posts
Quote of the week
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
LONDON RADICAL HISTORIES
About
A passionate baseball fan blog celebrating America's favorite pastime.
LONDON RADICAL HISTORIES 