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Jellied Eels

Jellied eels are pieces of eel, stewed in a spiced stock and left to cool, at which point the liquid…

Pie and mash is the traditional working-class meal of East and South East London: a small minced beef pie, a…

Twice a day the Thames drops far enough to expose a strip of foreshore along much of central London. That…

Pearly Kings and Queens are London charity fundraisers who appear at events across the capital in dark suits and dresses…

Notting Hill Carnival takes place over the August bank holiday weekend in west London, draws around two million people, and…

The West End is London's commercial theatre district, clustered around Shaftesbury Avenue, the Strand and Covent Garden. It has around…

About thirty-five bridges cross the Thames in Greater London, and the city's whole history can be read off them. Two…

Chelsea Pensioners are retired soldiers of the British Army living at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, and they are among the…

Kew is a botanical garden of 326 acres beside the Thames in south-west London, and it is far more than…

The Oyster card is a blue plastic smartcard introduced in 2003 to replace paper tickets on London transport. It works…