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The Dehydration of Bloomsbury

1746 in Colour: Georgian Bloomsbury

London Site Visits Ahoy!

A Churchillian Audit

Five... moments from the history of Smithfield Market

Lord Mayor's Show: The Blooper Reel

A "Street View" for History

Five... of London's historic public baths

Extreme Acts of Psychogeography

London History on the Web: Some Updates

Five... pieces of Borough Market's history

Lost Roads of the East End

1746 in Colour: Wapping and Bermondsey

The Lost London Tavern Where It *All* Happened

Londonist is 20: Historical Highlights From Two Decades of Geeking at London

London's History in Stained Glass

How London was Built on Coal

Five... short London transport history videos from our archives

London's Giants: Who Were Gog and Magog?

Where Was London's First Public Library?

Five... historic facts you didn't know about the London cab

Commit No Nuisance

The Great Unknown Londoners

Five... ways to explore London's historic green cab shelters

In Pursuit of London Trivia

Into the Secret Chambers of London Bridge

Five... historic London writers, bitchily critiqued by Vladimir Nabokov

More Lost Rivers of Southwark

Colourised: 1746 Map of London Bridge and Surrounding Areas

Five... moments from London's absinthe history

Reflections on the Barbican

Pedways: The Dream of a Two-Tier City

The Mythical Creatures of London

The Under-Appreciated Art of the Letter Carver

Five... historic places to visit during Open House Festival 2024

Londoners Of Note(s)

How to Explore London

Five... pieces of Somerset House's design history

William Blake Has Two Graves

1746 In Colour: Soho, Mayfair, St James's

Five... times 19th century London partied extremely hard

London's Great Olympic Lie?

On-the-Spot History: Victoria Park

Five... things about London's 1908 Olympics

London's 4-Minute Mile... In 1770

Where the Streets Have One Name

Five... things that aren't part of the 2012 Olympics legacy (but could have been)

The Soaring Suffragist

When Croydon was the Centre of the Universe

Five... moments from the history of the Royal Albert Hall

That Time Jayne Mansfield Opened The Chiswick Flyover

Let's all go Down the (Other) Strand

Five... scenes from London's football history

Inside London's Cinema Museum

The Utopian Coin Vandal Of Holborn

Five... things of note for lovers of vintage London buses

History Hiding in Housing Estates

A Time Traveller's Pub Crawl

Who Lives Where In Fictional London?

Now In Colour! Rocque Map Of Georgian Westminster And Lambeth

Ellen of the Seven Dials

The Biggest Time Machine Articles From Our First Year

Five... slices from the history of Eel Pie Island

What is London Becoming?

A New Map Of Medieval London

Five... Moments from London's Baseball History

The Final Words of British Monarchs Presented as Modernist Poetry

Flying Squad: 90 Years Since London's First Police 'Helicopters'

Five... Pieces of London's Kubrickian History

Is the Savoy *Really* the Only Place you Must Drive on the Right?

When Statues Get Mobbed

Five... History Walking Tours You Can Join in June

The 50 Lost Waterways of Southwark

The 1746 Rocque Map Of London... Now In Colour

Five... Pieces of London's Hitchcockian History

The Big London History Quiz of the Year 2024

How To Collect The Lost Churches Of London

Five... Historic London Gardens You Can Explore Next Month

Why do London's Victorian Roads Feel a Bit... Off?

The Lost Stones of London

Five... Portraits of St. Paul's Cathedral

This Soho Statue Witnessed A Famous, Heroic Death

London's First Vegetarian Restaurant

Five... Historic East End Pubs

John Logie Baird: Why So Many Plaques?

That Time a Volcano Killed a Third of Londoners

Five... Places to See Pieces of Canadian History in London

"Life on This Earth in the Year A.D. 2000"

Into the Sewers: Exploring London's Historic Bowels

Five... Things about the 1715 Solar Eclipse in London

Crystal Palace: The Prequel

What Was In London *Before* London?

Five... Things about the History of Eels in London

Zeppelin Attack! Where To See The Scars Of the First Blitz

The Tower of London's Raven Myth Is Really A Spring Chicken

Five... Historical Fragments from Billingsgate Fish Market

Climbing London's Least Historic Hill

Among the Spires and the Rooftops of Christopher Wren

Five... London Statues of Extraordinary Women

Every Interesting Elephant Who Ever Came to London

Horse Vs Car: They Called It 200 Years Ago

Five... London Films from the Golden Age of Silent Cinema

A Deep Dive Into The Colourised Copperplate

Tudor London In Colour: Part 3

Five... Pieces of London's Porter-Brewing History

Hilda Hewlett: Britain's First Female Pilot

What's Left From the 1851 Great Exhibition?

Five... London Women of the Second World War

On the Importance of Plaques to People You've Never Heard Of

Southwark's Forgotten Royal Palace

Five... Big Moments From Croydon's Musical History

Historic Buildings With Lofty Views

Magnificent Roupell Street: From Swamp to Movie Set

Five... Things About the History of London's Bowling Alleys

Pelted with Offal, Mud and Dead Cats: A Travesty In Clerkenwell

Mapping the London of Sherlock Holmes

Five... of London's Historical Musical Instruments, in Action

Some New Old Stuff to See

The Curious Alleys Of Borough High Street

Five Things About... London Winters Through The Centuries

What I Learned Reading London: The Biography

A Celebration (And Map!) Of London: The Biography

5 Weekend Reads: 28 January 2024

Behold, Charles Holden

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

5 Weekend Reads: 21 January 2024

Copperplate Map: The Place Names Explained

London's Oldest Map, Now in Colour: Part 2

5 Weekend Reads: 14 January 2024

5 Historic London Buildings You Can Explore For Free

Apocalypse Then: How The Victorians Imagined London's Doom

5 Weekend Read: 7 January 2024

5 Historic Quirks to Spot in... Paternoster Square

The Remarkable (and Grim) History of Southwark Bridge