London stories

This ex-footballer and pundit from Brockley has won hearts on and off the pitch

Going ‘hopping’ in Kent was once a rare summertime escape from city life

The first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor

Catastrophe struck on the River Thames in 1878 when a cargo ship collided with a tourist boat

After the UK voted to exit the European Union in 2016, hundreds of thousands called for a second referendum

In 2003, more than a million people marched through the capital to protest against the UK’s war in Iraq

Fry’s injection of kindness transformed the prison experience for Victorian women

Getting Londoners across the Thames since the 1300s

Joy, relief and grief as the city marked ‘Victory in Europe’ near the end of the Second World War

The superstar behind Chewing Gum and I May Destroy You has spun unique tales from London life

How the speediest ship on the late 19th-century seas came to a standstill in Greenwich

How one small group of revellers shaped the style and sound of a decade

A gathering of leather-jacket-wearing adrenaline junkies

Two centuries of Viking raids and conquest left London a radically changed place

After 2,000 years, you can still visit the remains of Roman baths, villas and the city wall

Fascinating buildings that tell the stories of the capital’s Muslim communities