London stories

Oversized silhouettes, worn-in denim, political slogans – Hamnett’s designs drove a new London look

The south Londoner who brought a theatrical flair to high-end fashion design

The actors, singers, dancers and entertainers who’ve taken the city by storm

How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores

A foggy, shadowy view of the capital in 1909

In the wake of the global financial crisis, anti-capitalist protesters set up a camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral

Liz Johnson Artur captured community, individuality and joy on and around the dance floor

These French refugees worked silk in Spitalfields and silver in Soho, weaving a lasting legacy

Meat pies, alehouse snacks and boiled sheep’s feet sold on the streets

Tiptoe through these tranquil photographs from the early 1900s

A place where outsiders felt at home

When the sun set, Alan Delaney took out his camera, capturing a ghostly city marked by shadow

Thirteen tales of the cooks, rebels, bankers and king who died in front of a watching crowd

The south-east Londoner writes diverse fictional worlds for young people of all ages

The author of White Teeth and The Fraud uses Brent as her canvas

In central London, you’re never further than 5km from a known site of execution

The world-famous emporium of fun and games

Late 16th-century London was Shakespeare’s playground, where theatre thrived on open-air stages