Industry has thrived on the Wandle for many centuries. In 1086, 13 mills were already listed in the Domesday, and by the 19th ...

The Italian Renaissance was a pivotal moment in Western art, and the National Gallery takes us back to that time — ...

The Pan Pacific London hotel on Bishopsgate claims to have London's tallest Christmas tree right outside. We haven't measured ...

The great strength and innovation of Harry Beck's original Tube map was its schematic approach. Stations were not plotted ...

Smith opened a confectionary shop in Goswell Road sometime around 1840. During a sugary reconnaissance trip to Paris, he got ...

London does Christmas lights very well indeed, from the world-famous illuminations on Oxford Street and Regent Street, to ...

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This pub was voted by our readers as the best in Stoke Newington. See the full list of winners here. It's a safe bet that Shakespeare never drank here. The building and the Bard are separated by ...

Continuing our series on London's greatest murals. One should never make assumptions, but we feel confident in declaring this ...

This pub was voted one of the best in Maida Vale and Little Venice by Londonist readers. It looks like a big Edwardian house, and it's next to a bridge over the canal, so the Bridge House is well ...

You could easily walk past the AITF without ever realising that you just missed one of the area's most beautiful pubs. The outside is plain in the extreme — almost studiously uninteresting.

Part of our Best Pubs in London microsite. See if we've included your local. How times change. The Duke of Sussex, an old boy tells us, once had a reputation for dodgy customers and fencing stolen ...