History

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

Mike Donovan looks back on hopping holidays, the docks and the Rydal Boys' Club

In the early 1900s, this deaf couple relied on their canine companion to be their ears

Kathy Donovan in 2017   Kathy Donovan was born in St Olave’s Hospital in 1932, the eldest of five sisters...

Nominations are open for this year's competition

The situation was so urgent that specialist officers had to destroy one device on the Dulwich and Sydenham Hill Golf...

Southwark historian Stephen Bourne has discovered the extraordinary 1893 memoir of Timothy Cavanagh, who worked as a police officer in...

In an exclusive interview, Lara Maiklem reveals why she loves mudlarking, her favourite finds, and what makes the Thames so...

Lara's previous discoveries include an Roman auxillary sword scabbard, tudor shoes, glass eyes and Charles I shillings.

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