Known as ‘stinkpipes’, these vertical iron tunnels were put up around the city in the Victorian era. They were essentially built to make London less stinky, and would funnel noxious gases out of the ...

London’s literary landscape is littered with unforgotten words. Some real, some the stuff of legends. During a Bloomsbury pub walk, the English literature buff ...

The jaunty image of the Victorian child chimney sweep is indelibly romantic, evoking the picturesque London glamorized in ...

Abandoned buildings were transformed into new community hubs, as in the case of an old HSBC bank in Harlesden, north-west London, built in the Victorian era. The residents of one community in ...

“They’ve got the Waterloo helmet and the Battersea shield on loan, which was found in the Victorian era, right up to items found in the present day.” Kate Sumnall, curator at London ...

Among the items are sandals, pottery and Britain's largest collection of Roman writing tablets, bearing IOU notes and gossip in stunningly well-preserved wax ...