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This colored wood engraving shows the pig-faced Miss Atkinson.

Regency Londoners Were Obsessed With Pig-Faced Ladies

In 1815, the obsession with swine-ish, upper-class ladies reached a fever pitch.

Sarah Crocker August 6, 2024

Farnham, England

Mother Ludlam's Cave

This place is the subject of local legends about a good witch and a Celtic God.

Anoushka Shankar studied Bharatanatyam, a South Indian classical style of dance, growing up in New Delhi, but her real passion has always been watching dance.

How Dance Became a Genre-Defying Musician’s Deep Obsession

I find myself increasingly drawn to the abstract, and nothing inspires me more than dance.

Anoushka Shankar November 7, 2023

Singer-songwriter Noah Kahan is obsessed with London's Chelsea F.C. soccer team.

How Cheering for a Soccer Club Brought a Singer’s Family Closer

Chelsea fandom has had its highs and lows, but it can make moment that stay with you.

Noah Kahan July 21, 2023

Guy Fawkes is the most notorious member of England’s 1605 Gunpowder Plot, a Catholic conspiracy to blow up Westminster Palace and assassinate Protestant King James I.

How a Threadbare 'Bag of Secrets' Led to Guy Fawkes's Gruesome Execution

The documents that convicted the infamous traitor were all kept in this unassuming leather pouch.

Kavitha Rao May 19, 2023

London, England

Supper Club Tube

A decommissioned tube carriage within a London museum hosts a regular pop-up supper club.

A 19th-century astronomer's map, titled "Stars for July."

See How the Moon Has Been Mapped Through Time

A new exhibit in London has 300 years of celestial ephemera on display.

Evan Nicole Brown July 3, 2019

A glimpse of the Medieval Murder Map.

Take a Virtual Murder Tour of Medieval London

You'll find that churches offer little sanctuary.

Matthew Taub November 28, 2018

Dinner time.

Found: Teeth From a Medieval Sea Monster/Delicacy

Fancy a lamprey pie?

Matthew Taub November 1, 2018

Rescue of a puppy during the Blitz, South London, c 1940. Wartime images and actions like this contrasted strongly with pre-conflict treatment of pets.

England's Forgotten Pet Massacre of 1939

Why were hundreds of thousands of pets put to sleep in London?

Abbey Perreault August 28, 2018

London's Mail Rail ran for 6.5 miles between sorting offices underneath the capital.

See London’s Underground ‘Mail Rail,’ Then and Now

It's like the Tube, but for post.

Anika Burgess July 27, 2017

How Mansion House Square might have looked

London, England

Mansion House Square

London's amazing modernist public square that never was.

Gateway into St Olave's churchyard, dubbed 'St Ghastly Grim' by Charles Dickens.

essential guide

A History Buff's Guide to Medieval London

Eight places to see hidden remnants of the Middle Ages.

Meg Neal November 21, 2016