In the second week of February it was reported that a section of London’s River Thames had frozen. At least 23 times between 1309 and 1814, the Thames has frozen over. On five of these occasions ...

Just after midnight, while much of London sleeps, figures carrying headlamps and small shovels quietly descend the slippery ...

The River Thames has a storied history. Stretching 215 miles from Kemble to Southend, it is the longest river in England. Archaeological evidence suggests that humans were living along its shores in ...

The average Londoner might be shocked to hear that, over the past two hundred years, hundreds of human bones have been discovered in the River Thames. As new research shows, a sizable portion of these ...

Nicola White explores the Thames foreshore and shares jewellery finds that reflect the river’s history. A mudlarking permit ...

Brooker has made his way along virtually every inch of the Thames as it winds through London, studying the river’s tides and flow. He’s one of the group’s most prolific spotters, as well as a minor ...

Anyone who’s ever done a bit of beachcombing knows the thrill of finding something hidden in the sand. But for mudlarks — a term that refers to people who hunt for rare objects along the shores of the ...

Maintenance workers on London’s Millenium Bridge – which spans the River Thames – have hung a bale of straw from the bridge’s undercarriage. An ancient byelaw requires that a bridge’s owner warn ...

The depths of the river Thames in London hold many unexpected stories, gleaned from the recovery of prehistoric tools, Roman pottery, medieval jewelry, and much more besides. Yet the tale of the lost ...

Around 200 years ago, during the Industrial Revolution, London’s River Thames was both a hub of trade and transport and a dumping ground for human excretion and industrial waste. The cradle of England ...