Do you know where London’s worst lightning strike occurred? How did 41 people perish in Regent’s Park in 1867? Why do so few people remember the 1980 fire near Centre Point that claimed more lives than the King’s Cross fire?
London’s history is stained with tragedies that, all too often, are quickly forgotten. In his talk Matt Brown will inform and surprise with strange and obscure stories from London’s past, including many disasters that happened in our lifetimes that go largely unremembered.
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Matt Brown is editor-at-large of Londonist.com, and author of many books including Everything You Know About London is Wrong.
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