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 ...

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

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

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 ...

In the world of architecture, Channel Four's new headquarters (by Richard Rogers and Partners) was a high-tech televisual ...

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

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

The Pan Pacific London hotel on Bishopsgate claims to have London's tallest Christmas tree right outside. We haven't measured ...

As you might guess from the characters involved, this stupendous mural is more than 40 years old. It was painted in 1984 by ...

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