Blogs-And-Stories

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

The jobs that made London’s docks run

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

Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity

A Little Italy in London

Clerkenwell and Soho were once the centres of London’s Italian community

Games & Sports
Games & Sports

London’s oldest football clubs

Over 100 years of football fandom

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

Inside the Cutler Street Warehouses

Once a centre of London’s trade and imperial ambitions

Transport
Transport

The last galleried coaching inns left in London

These Victorian photos captured the decline of historic rest stops for travellers and their horses

Science & Technology
Science & Technology

John Snow: Cholera & the Broad Street pump

Sure that the deadly disease spread through water, Snow traced a cholera outbreak to a Soho water pump

Games & Sports
Games & Sports

Plunge into the past of London’s indoor pools

With Victorian baths and Olympic arenas, Londoners can take a dip in pools built across three centuries

Transport
Transport

Holborn Viaduct: The City’s bright red bridge

This ornate Victorian viaduct connects Holborn with the City of London