Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Your guide to London's culture and transport news and events taking place across the city.
Latest news articles about London’s long history.
Metropolis Museum’s Mysterious Minuted Manuscript
The Museum of London has recently acquired a mysterious and highly unusual piece of manuscript evidence believed to be direct reportage from a House of Commons committee investigating the causes of the Great Fire.
Lawrence of Arabia’s Dagger to remain in the UK
A dagger and the famous robes worn by T.E Lawrence while in the Middle-East have been saved for the nation.
A day of humiliation and fasting
On this day, 350 years ago the entire country was engaged in a national day of fasting and prayer in repentance for the cause of the Great Fire of London.
A new heritage railway for South-East London
There could be a new heritage railway built in South-East London, if plans by the Crossness steam pumping station are realised.
The time when Routemaster buses came with luggage trailers
When airports were young, and terminal buildings younger, there was an experiment with airport terminals being built in the centre of London.
Meet the team restoring a London Underground signal box
Twenty years ago, a signal cabin controlled its last trains on the London Underground, but now a team of enthusiasts are attempting to restore this lost piece of tube history to working order.
Largest blue topaz gemstone going on display in London
The Natural History Museum is to display the largest blue topaz gemstone of its kind from later this month.
New museum opening in central London
Hidden from common sight behind high stone walls on the edge of the City of London lies the Charterhouse, a private historical site that has rarely been open to the public.
Fundraising for Frank Pick Memorial
Picadilly Circus tube station is shortly to get a memorial to the man who probably more than most can be said to have defined London as a city today.
Largest ever Crossrail archeology exhibition to open
The largest display of archeology from the Crossrail project is set to go on display in Docklands it has been announced today.
90th anniversary of the Northern Line extension
Today marks the 90th anniversary of the longest tunnel under London opening to the public -- following the completion of tube tunnels running down to Morden.
From deep under the ocean come stone benches for London
A set of ancient stone benches in the City of London is close to marking its 4th anniversary as both ornament and utility of the city streets, and roughly 140 million years since the stone was formed.
Great Plague of London found in Crossrail skeletons
Scientific analysis of skeletons excavated as part of the Crossrail programme has identified the DNA of the bacteria responsible for the 1665 Great Plague.
17th century medical cures to mark the Great Fire of London
Foot of a cat, fat from a pig, an old onion, some fresh eggs, hen's droppings and horse dung - not a Scottish play potion, but the poultices offered to treat the burns of the Great Fire of London.
A new museum for London – the Heath Robinson Museum opens soon
London is to get a new museum in October, as the Heath Robinson Museum in Pinner, North-West London has confirmed its opening date.
From Tudor Mansion to City Farm – Crossrail’s Stepney Revelation
A surprisingly rich and cosmopolitan past has been revealed in East London's Stepney as part of the archeology associated with the Crossrail project.
Find the Lost Palace of Whitehall
If you wander around the streets of Whitehall at the moment, you might bump into a few rather odd looking objects.
City of London relaunching archive of old photos
A collection of over one quarter of a million images of London, dating from 1450 to the present day, will feature on a revamped free-to-access website hosted by the London Metropolitan Archives.
One Hundred Years of Nursing – An Exhibition
There can't be many trade unions that have a Royal Seal of Approval, but one was founded a hundred years ago, and while it plays down the term, many of its early founders thought of the Royal College of Nursing as just that -- a trades union.
A disused railway line – the Belmont Trail
Just over 50 years ago a small branch running off the railway near Harrow closed, and is now much of the line has been converted into a pleasant if seemingly little used walk.
Builders discover the original “spend a penny” toilet
The remains of a 165-year-old toilet from the Great Exhibition which helped coin the phrase 'spend a penny' have been uncovered in London's Hyde Park.
The curious tale of Hammersmith’s abandoned railway viaduct
If you've ever noticed an odd disused railway bridge just to the west of Hammersmith station, it's a curious legacy of a railway line that closed down exactly 100 years ago,
Oldest reference to Roman London found in new tube station entrance
A number of Roman tablets found while excavating a new tube station entrance have been shown to contain the oldest known reference to the city of London, as well as a wealth of information about the Roman occupation of the city.
When looking outside today it might be easy to joke that we are living in a year without a summer, but 200 years ago there quite literally was a year without a summer.
