London stories

As the polluted river crawled by, Whistler scratched out images of London’s watery margins

This 1968 accident rattled confidence in the buildings of the future

Romanticised illustrations that conjure up the sweat, clamour and clank of the 19th-century London riverside

When the bombs began to fall

Whether sporting a corset or reading by lamplight, Londoners once relied on the products of whaling

The Wapping drop-off point for wine, tobacco, spices and ivory between 1805 and 1968