A new book explores more than 200 lost London pubs including many with links to rock'n'roll stars and The Krays.

London’s pub scene is as unsettled as a bad pint. Sam Cullen dives into the history behind some of the beloved boozers ...

Discover how Scotland Yard set new standards for policing and criminal investigative work in Victorian London. #MissScarletPBS ...

Is home a place or a person? This is the question at the heart of Homesick, British-Italian author Silvia Saunders’ debut novel, out later this week (30 January). Set in East London and centring on a ...

London is one of the most dynamic and exciting urban playgrounds on the planet. The only drawback is that you typically have ...

To be the first to read new history features ... By the end of the book, I feel like Ackroyd is trolling me. The final chapters spit out a couple-dozen Greater London areas that have not ...

In the darkness behind the stage at the Theatre Royal, one of the largest and oldest of London’s West End theatres ... The Rest is History, started playing. Sandbrook shook his head, thinking ...

The result is not only a robust history but a gripping story ... cousins.Here lies the tragic irony of this book. The author comes from the London branch of the family. A descendant of hassidim ...

Because I’m me, I didn’t just read these books. I also made notes about locations. Specifically, I jotted down every single time a London location ... How spartan is the East End?

While the Henry Blanchard shop in east London was first founded in 1844 ... trade is a must before it's consigned to the history books. Expect the flakiest pastry, the best liquor and the ...

From the end of the Roman occupation through the Anglo ... facts when findings didn't match what was written in the history books. "That was the moment we got really excited," said Dr Leo Speidel ...

In the saga of London's East End, the Church and the parish are ever present ... many from the long-haemorrhaging East End diaspora out to Essex and Kent. A book on the history of the parish will be ...