In depth history

Ex-police officer believes Sally Shepherd's killer was one of this country?s most prolific serial killers

Old Kent Road Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb provided hope and support for the forgotten children of London for...

The ?timid girl? who brought women?s cycling to the world stage

Edward IV's marriage to Elizabeth Woodville reignited the bitter war of the roses

Over one hundred years of life on one street explored by TV programme

The mysterious disappearance of two boys on their way to Sunday School, which gripped pre-war Bermondsey

How Southwark?s houses of ill repute got the royal seal of approval

How an Elephant and Castle hostel put an end to the homeless paying to sleep over a rope - and...

Samuel Bourne Bevington was an ?example to all? and a religious revolutionary

Percy Lane Oliver's pioneering scheme went from humble beginnings in south London to a global phenomenon