Why is gin known as 'mother's ruin' when 11 gallons of the stuff were knocked back by EVERYONE - man, woman and child - in 1750's London? Possibly something to do with the case of Judith Defour, who murdered her own child to sell its petticoats for gin. | Channel 5

See London’s glorious and gory rise to power, from a swampy uninhabitable wasteland to modern bustling metropolis, through the wars, fires, and plagues. Watch ‘London: 2000 Years of History’ with BBC Select https://bit.ly/4jHwegx | BBC Select

Next time you try to hold in a fart, bear in mind that someone actually died from 'winde' in 1664. But it was the plague that was the era's biggest killer. What these bills of mortality tell us about the spread of plague in the 17th century is quite extraordinary... | Channel 5

London: 2000 Years of History is trending on @amazonprime and I found this out quite by accident tonight. What a joy! | Suzannah Lipscomb

URIAH HEEP feat. Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull - Circus - Live in London, 2000 (Remastered) HD Audio and Video Remastered by BrunoSamppa, http://ko-fi.com/brunosamppa 9 December 2000, Mermaid Theatre, London, UK | Progressive Rock Land