Mudlarker Lara Maiklem discovering a 16th century sword on a London beach, as recounted in her diary, published in July. This ...

East London Art Prize: Shortlist Exhibition 2025 at The Nunnery Gallery, Bow Arts. 31 January – 13 April, free.

200 YEARS OF BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS: Carshalton's Honeywood Museum hosts local transport historian and photographer John Parkin ...

BROCKWELL MINIATURE RAILWAY! £1 return fare since 2003. Take that, Sadiq.

Spring: The Silvertown Tunnel — a new under-Thames crossing linking North Greenwich with the western end of Silvertown in the ...

Industry has thrived on the Wandle for many centuries. In 1086, 13 mills were already listed in the Domesday, and by the 19th ...

The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal moment in Western art, and the National Gallery takes us back to that time — ...

The great strength and innovation of Harry Beck's original Tube map was its schematic approach. Stations were not plotted ...

Smith opened a confectionary shop in Goswell Road sometime around 1840. During a sugary reconnaissance trip to Paris, he got ...

The Oxford Street Christmas lights are a staple of Christmas in the capital. Image: Doug Peters PA Wire Plenty of places screen festive classics in the run-up to the big day. Find out where to get ...

London does Christmas lights very well indeed, from the world-famous illuminations on Oxford Street and Regent Street, to ...

Oli Marshall, campaigns director at C20 Society, discusses the coming of age of Waterloo's former Eurostar terminal, and why now's the time to list it. "A glamorous, glazed gateway to the ...