London stories

Powered by horses, then electricity, London’s tram network was once the largest in the world

Picking a route through the beautiful, intriguing and unusual maps in our collection

Nearly 200 years of glamour, gadgets and A-list guests

Model, stylist, fashion director, editor-in-chief at British Vogue

A bumper blend of old and new

Cugoano shared his own experience of enslavement to try and end it for good

A mock-Tudor treasure trove of fashion and homeware

Hyde Park’s historic spot for public speaking and debate

Sandra Flett’s snapshot of trade and industry on London’s liquid highway

The influential Hungarian artist turns his attention to 1930s street life

In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost

Cyril Arapoff captures life in a dangerously dilapidated apartment block

Fred Wilfred’s photos of London from 1957 to 1962 have remained largely unseen

Running the capital then the country, Johnson is remembered for the Olympics, Brexit and Covid-19

The south-London son of a bus driver whose time in office has included Covid-19 and the ULEZ expansion

Dubbed “Red Ken” in the 1980s, Livingstone became London’s first directly elected mayor in 2000

The 2,000-year-old Bucklersbury Pavement drew thousands to see it after being discovered in 1869

You wait for ages, then all you need to know about London buses comes along at once