Written by Paul Alex Treadaway. Modern-day Armenia is a place defined by its extensive history. However, the mountainous Caucasus republic is also a nation […]
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The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons (1834) by JMW Turner
In the autumn of 1834, a fire underneath the House of Lords, caused by the burning of tally sticks (originally used as a form of receipt for government income) led to the biggest fire in London between the Great Fire of 1666 and the Blitz in the Second World War.