Time Capsules of London, and Where (not) to Find Them

Messages from long ago lurking beneath the capital.

We can never speak to the people of the past, but we can leave messages for those of the future. That’s the spirit behind the time capsule. Fill a box with coins, letters and mementos of the day, then bury it in the foundations of a new building, where it’s unlikely to be disturbed for decades or centuries. London is absolutely littered with these tempo…