Pie-and-mash eateries are a bit of Cockney culture that has existed since Victorian times, when they first popped up in the city’s docklands ... London, down from nearly 300 in the mid-19th century.

You’ve started a new job and it’s going pretty well, when one day everyone from your old job suddenly arrives in your office ...

A report published last month by the Resolution Foundation, a think-tank, suggests that three changes are responsible for ...

Victims of IRA violence expressed their “severe disappointment” with the Prime Minister during a commemoration event on the 29th anniversary of the 1996 London Docklands bombing. Two people ...

The policing of a weekend protest in London against Israel’s genocide in Gaza was alarmingly heavy-handed, bearing troubling echoes of the repression faced by early 19th-century reformers in the ...

From mesmerising museums to animal encounters, we’ve selected some of the best things to do in London with children, whatever ...

Probably London's most iconic millennium marker ... skipping the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 events due to Covid. A quarter of a century on, the fireworks have gone through several incarnations ...

Housed in an old warehouse, this deceptively large museum details the history of the London Docklands, and maritime trade in general. Based over several floors, it wanders from issues of Britian’s ...

Analysis of dried plant remains from a 19th-century Australian colonial institution reveals the consumption of various foods not listed in official records, suggesting secretive snacking by residents.