“The underground galleries, organs of the large city, would function like those of the human body, without revealing themselves to the light of day. Pure and fresh water, light, and heat would ...

Helping you find the sights, sounds, and occasional smells of our buried waterways. Part I brought us from the slopes of Hampstead to the ponds of Regents Park, and Part II led us across Oxford Street ...

In the centre of England's capital there is a convent of nuns who never step outside the walls. But they are not untouched by London's life, or its deadly bombings. It is before sunrise and London has ...

Historians have detailed how more than a century ago, dozens of canals and rivers used to flow right across London, many of which are now plunged to the depths of history. From St Pancras to ...

In 1783, the highwayman and footpad John Austin was found guilty and sentenced to death for murdering labourer John Spicer from Kent. He was brought from Newgate Prison to the Tyburn gallows (close to ...

On November 3, 1783, the last public execution took place at Tyburn Gallows in London, when John Austin was hanged for highway robbery. From the hanging of William Fitz Osburn in 1196 until Austin’s ...

Raised in South Africa, the barrister-turned-gallerist Emma Menell's career in law went hand-in-hand with activism as she took the helm of the South African Journal on Human Rights, before choosing ...

In this week’s London Art Gallery Guide, we’re recommending you pop down to Tyburn Gallery to see beautiful oil paintings by Kuzanai-Violet Hwami. If You Keep Going South You’ll Meet Yourself is the ...