Five Things

Five... daytrips through Tudor history

Just a couple of hours and five centuries from present-day London

Feb 7 • Lydia Manch

Five... London transport posters from the golden age of Art Deco

Energy, vitality, luxury.

Jan 25 • Tabish Khan and Londonist

Five... doorways onto London's literary history

Where London's historic authors hung their hats

Jan 18 • Lydia Manch

Five… historic vessels to visit in London

Permission to board

Jan 10 • Lydia Manch

Clapton overground station's old/new look

Established 1872. Restored 2025

Dec 7, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... new novels set in London's past and future

From Victorian Gothic to near-future apocalypse

Nov 30, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... pieces of London's eel-eating history

From medieval pseudo-currency to pie and mash shop staple

Nov 10, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... historic London murals you can still visit

The city's history on towering canvases

Oct 26, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... moments from London's ten-pin bowling history

Deep cuts from the bowling alleys of yesteryear

Oct 20, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... historic London ghost stories

Ghost nuns, phantom goalies, and a spectral stagecoach

Oct 12, 2025 • Londonist

Five... pieces of Bram Stoker's London

A bite-size tour

Sep 28, 2025 • Lydia Manch

Five... Tower of London escape attempts from across the centuries

This is heistcore

Sep 21, 2025 • Lydia Manch

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