London stories

Roman burials have been found in London for centuries

This south London-born artist recorded the carnage of the Second World War

London’s largest ever Bronze Age hoard, bundled up and buried 3,000 years ago

How the murders of five women birthed an infamous East End crime story

The work of this celebrated English playwright has strong roots in the capital

This famous votes-for-women campaigner set herself apart as an artist and social activist

An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic

How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.