What could bring home more immediately the reality of the Great Fire of London of 1666 to a small child than a visit to the Monument, which was erected to memorialise it? This great column still holds ...

Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke, this stone column reaches a height of 202 feet, exactly 202 feet from the spot where the fire is said to have started. Climbing its 311 steps offers ...

The Cenotaph in Whitehall, London has played host to the Remembrance Service for the past nine decades. But how did the monument become such an indelible part of the UK's commemoration of those ...

The 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London is September 2016, so we're visiting The Monument with David Laird, and taking a trip to the top of the doric column in the City.

The iconic monument is now offering a limited number ... on a clear day, "the London skyline". From March 1, and once a month until October, a limited number of people will be able to explore ...