London stories

Remember post-millennium London through the eyes of Paul Baldesare

Between 1901 and 1910, London began to find its spark

London’s port relied on dock workers doing an array of back-breaking and highly skilled jobs

A list of the most notorious and historic prisons in the city

The suffering children of London’s East End motivated Barnardo’s tireless social work

When the bombs began to fall

Artist Hilary Powell illuminates the invisible lives of the international shipping industry

Portraits of the barren underbelly of London’s bridges, wharfs and piers

Before the Thames Barrier, flooding in London was regularly destructive and often deadly

The Wembley-born star brings London and his life story into his work

Found in a barrel in 1941, this vast panorama shows the awesome spread of London in 1806

Royal ceremonies, human heads – and a brief spell in Hertfordshire

An epic six-metre-long painting shows us a very different view from Westminster

Palaces, ponds and plenty of plants

George Davison Reid’s years-long photography project shows us London between two world wars

The pride of south London since 1985, courtesy of bossman

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