Archive - Londonist: Time Machine

The Dehydration of Bloomsbury

Where did all the ponds go?

15 hrs ago •

1746 in Colour: Georgian Bloomsbury

Colouring in the John Rocque map one panel at a time.

Nov 20 •

London Site Visits Ahoy!

Where shall we go in this Time Machine of ours?

Nov 15 •

A Churchillian Audit

How many London memorials does the divisive Prime Minister have?

Nov 13 •

Five... moments from the history of Smithfield Market

Paying homage to Horace Jones's 'cathedral of meat'

Nov 10 •

Lord Mayor's Show: The Blooper Reel

From elephant stampedes to an invisible, fog-shrouded parade.

Nov 8 •

A "Street View" for History

Let's actually build a time machine.

Nov 6 •

Five... of London's historic public baths

The places our predecessors got steamy

Nov 3 •

Extreme Acts of Psychogeography

How a glacier shaped a railway station.

Nov 1 •

October 2024

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