I follow a lead from a City worker from over 30 years ago that remembers digging up Rare Whiskey Jugs while digging a sewer ...

These bloody words were written by 19th-Century antiquarian H.S. Cuming in On the discovery of Celtic crania in the vicinity ...

Until the middle of the nineteenth century the Sovereign regularly travelled on the river Thames, either on State occasions or between the Royal Palaces of Windsor, Westminster, Hampton Court, ...

In past centuries, you might have given your valentine a bent coin, jewelry made out of hair, or a carved whale tooth instead of a bouquet of roses.

Thames Water has confirmed prices for its customers will be hiked by £19 a month from April. The firm claims the increase is to allow for investment in the infrastructure over the next five years ...

Following two decades of setbacks, the much-anticipated Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has opened its doors, giving the public access to never-before-seen artifacts and sweeping views of the Pyramids ...

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The Deutsches Museum said via email that it had covered — not removed — an installation that featured a portrait of Musk in November 2024. The museum plans a new installation in its place.

The decision to drop a scheme to improve flood defences in the Thames Valley has been criticised by a local authority. The Environment Agency (EA) said the benefits of its Thames Valley flood ...

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What I do is go out in the middle of the night with a headtorch and kneepads at low tide onto the Thames; I’m a mudlark. It’s total solitude and I love it. It’s brilliant therapy.