Books & Poetry

By M@

Where Are "Nancy's Steps" From Oliver Twist, And Why Do They Lie To Us?

The steps by London Bridge are not what they seem.

By Will Noble

London Looks Melancholy In These B&W Photos From The 70s And 80s

A deserted South Bank and a slowly sinking boat.

By M@

Photos Of London In The 1980s Show A Very Different City

Although the graffiti still seems relevant.

By Londonist

In Pictures: The Heyday Of London's Dubstep Scene

"It's a sort of family photo album in a way."

By Will Noble

Charles Dickens Had A Hipster 'Tache And Here's The Photo To Prove It

"The moustaches are glorious, glorious."

Art & Photography

By Will Noble

Vintage Photos Of London In The Snow

Someone fetch us a sledge.

By Will Noble

Inside The Anti-Fascist Library That's Been Fighting Nazism Since WW2

The Wiener Library is a library like no other.

By Harry Rosehill

7 Places You Wouldn’t Expect To Find A Routemaster (But Will)

From Wiltshire to a Russian Circus.

By Londonist

The Art Deco Euston Station That Never Was

It was going to have a heliport and everything.

Opinion By Londonist

You See A Whole Other London When You're On A Canal Boat

Aqueducts, herons and biscuit factories.

By Londonist

The Crouch End Studios That Gave Us Captain Pugwash And Trumpton

Ever heard of Womersley Road?

By Will Noble

Inside Eastcote - The Legendary Recording Studios Where History Is Still Made

From Massive Attack to Adele.

By M@

London Clay: Incredible Book Digs Deep Into London's History

You won't get bogged down, but you'll surely be sucked in.

Art & Photography

By Londonist

In Pictures: London's Unique Shopfronts

From antiques to pineapples.

By Londonist

Atlas Of Imagined Places: 5000 Fictional Locations In One Book

Our fiction map has now gone worldwide. What did we miss?

By Londonist

The East London Pub Taken Over By Suffragettes

The Mothers Arms.

By Londonist

What Were The First Electric Advertisements At Piccadilly Circus?

Illuminating stuff.

By Will Noble

Legendary Street Cat Bob Has His Own Statue

He died in 2020, and is commemorated in Angel.

By Will Noble

London's Newest Library Has A Copper Lined Room That Blocks Messages And Emails

It's called a Faraday cage.

By Londonist

Extract: A Short Fiction Set In Brick Lane's Beigel Bake

Too Close and Not Close Enough.

By Will Noble

250 Ghost Signs Come To Life In This Hauntingly Beautiful Book

Semi-hidden portals to the past.

By M@

Abandoned London: New Book Shines Light On The Rarely Glimpsed City

Get a look behind the city's padlocked doors.

Art & Photography

By Londonist

100 Hackney Residents Captured In 100 Photos

Covering every age from birth to a century old.

By Will Noble

Did You Know Goldilocks Was Impaled On St Paul's Cathedral?

Don't have nightmares.