“The underground galleries, organs of the large city, would function like those of the human body, without revealing themselves to the light of day. Pure and fresh water, light, and heat would ...

Tyburn Nuns to open chapel at foundress' birthplace The Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre at Maison Garnier, birthplace of their foundress, Servant of God Marie--Adèle Garnier. Photo ...

Members of the Adorers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Montmartre OSB process during the December 2 Mass for the opening of the sainthood cause of Mother Marie Adele Garnier at the Tyburn Convent in ...

They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as Carlotta Maitland Smith discovers, the nuns of ...

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin’s ...

Historians have detailed how more than a century ago, dozens of canals and rivers used to flow right across London, many of which are now plunged to the depths of history. From St Pancras to ...

May I take this opportunity to correct a statement in your column On This Day for May 5 that says in 1760 the first hanging took place at Tyburn. May I take this opportunity to correct a statement in ...

When the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops launched the annual Fortnight for Freedom in 2012, they knew that several martyrs’ feasts or memorials were on the calendar from June 21 to July 4 ...