Five Things

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

A visitation from the Ghost of Christmas Puddings Past

Dec 22 •

Five... festive traditions that were invented in London

Sorry about the Christmas cracker jokes

Dec 15 •

Five... dishes served at the Victorian dinner party inside a dinosaur

Mock turtle, pigeon pie and extreme jelly

Dec 8 •

Five... things Max Schlesinger wholeheartedly loved about Victorian London

A big omnibus fan

Dec 1 •

Five... things Max Schlesinger really hated about Victorian London

Brace yourselves

Nov 24 •

Five... moments from the history of Smithfield Market

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

Nov 10 •

Five... of London's historic public baths

The places our predecessors got steamy

Nov 3 •

Five... pieces of Borough Market's history

It's a classic tale of north vs south of the river rivalry

Oct 27 •

and

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

Some weekend viewing

Oct 6 •

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

Roaming the streets since 1662

Sep 29 •

and

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

Built at a time when London cabbies were still driving horse-drawn carriages

Sep 22 •

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

Sep 15 •

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