In depth history

Nineteenth century Greenwich was home to any number of innovative engineers – with a reputation for skilled metal working. Most...

In 1843, the Thames Tunnel opened to much fanfare, quickly becoming the world’s first underwater shopping arcade. Nathaniel Hawthorne visited...

110 years ago, on August 4 1912, a team of boy scouts from Walworth perished off the coast of the...

Eighteen people were killed - including ten children - more than 130 were injured

The Battle of Jutland raged from 31 May until 1 June 1916. While campaigns on land could drag on for...

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In 1830 at one hustings on Borough High Street shops windows were smashed and many people were injured. The casualties...

The creator was a gifted woman called Mabel Constanduros, born into a wealthy middle-class family in Peckham

The south London anti-vaccination league was set up in opposition to the smallpox vaccine in 1877

Many people in Southwark will have great memories of the Beehive over the last 50 year but this article concentrates...