DK Travel : London : History & Culture

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Fenton House

This splendid 1686 mansion is the oldest in Hampstead. Its exceptionally fine collection of Oriental and European porcelain, furniture and needlework was bequeathed to the National Trust with the house in 1952. A formal walled garden contains an orchard.
Festival of Britain

In 1951, the Festival of Britain was held at the South Bank to mark the centenary of the Great Exhibition.
First Radio Broadcast

The BBC made its first broadcast on New Year’s Day 1927.
Freud Museum

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, and his daughter Anna, came to live here when he fled Nazi-occupied Vienna. The house contains Freud’s collection of antiques and his library, including first editions of his own works. Also on display is the famous couch on which his patients related their dreams.
Geffrye Museum

Devoted to the evolution of family life and interior design, this fascinating museum has a series of rooms decorated in distinct period style. Originally a 1715 almshouse, the building has been transformed and you can wander through an oak-panelled 17th-century drawing room, a 1930s flat or a contemporary loft apartment. Stroll through a series of period gardens between April and October.
Geoffrey Chaucer

Chaucer (1343–1400) was a diplomat and son of a London vintner. HisCanterbury Tales is a classic piece of English literature, and follows a group of pilgrims travelling from Southwark to Canterbury. In 17,000 lines the characters tell their rollicking tales.
Georg Friedrich Handel

The great German-born composer first visited London in 1710 and settled here permanently in 1712.
George Cross

Instituted in 1940 under George VI, this medal is awarded for acts of heroism by civilians.
Giuseppe Mazzini

From 1837 to 1849 the Italian revolutionary and patriot (1805–72) lived at No. 183 Gower Street
Great Exhibition

In 1851, the expanding Empire was celebrated in an exhibition held in a massive glass structure in Hyde Park.