Science & Technology

A nation-wide event with London at its heart, the Festival aimed to boost Britain’s post-war blues

Ruling for 63 years, Victoria witnessed rapid changes in British society, culture and industry

A groundbreaking public attraction on an almost unheard-of scale

Bridges have helped Londoners cross the Thames for 2,000 years – here's the best of them

Between 1901 and 1910, London began to find its spark

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

The birthplace of Tudor monarchs and Greenwich Mean Time