Archive - Londonist: Time Machine

Five... moments from London's ice skating history

'With a velocity equal to the flight of a bird or a bolt discharged from a crossbow'

Jan 12 •

London in Nursery Rhymes

Sing a song of London...

Jan 10 •

One Corner, Three Histories

The terrible explosion that helped shape a new religion and a famous football team.

Jan 8 •

Five... of London's new year's resolutions throughout the centuries

Good intentions

Jan 5 •

Quiz: The Fictional History (and Future) of London

A counterfactual timeline.

Jan 3 •

December 2024

New Year 1925: How Londoners Celebrated

History is made at the start of 1925.

Dec 31, 2024 •

Historical London Christmas Scenes… as Mangled by AI

We asked Substack's image generator to cook up some historical cheer.

Dec 27, 2024 •

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Five... slabs of London's Christmas pudding history

A visitation from the Ghost of Christmas Puddings Past

Dec 22, 2024 •

A Picaresque Putney Pootle

In the footsteps of Cromwell & Cromwell.

Dec 20, 2024 •

Wolf Hall: The Complete Maps

Hundreds of locations from the three novels.

Dec 18, 2024 •

Five... festive traditions that were invented in London

Sorry about the Christmas cracker jokes

Dec 15, 2024 •

Those Oddball City Church Names Explained

St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe?

Dec 13, 2024 •

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