A Perspective View of Covent Garden 18th century Frame:gold Casks remain on the quayside

Casks remain on the quayside for customs gauging and sampling

Dunstan-in-the-East and the spire of St

George Davison Reid photographed activity along the banks of the River Thames extensively during the late 1920s and early 1930s

The Embankment

Clair Wills' wonderful new book brings to life the incredible diversity and strangeness of the migrant experience

A Perspective View of Covent Garden 18th century Frame:gold Casks remain on the quaysideA Perspective View of Covent Garden. A bird's eye view of Covent Garden Piazza, looking West towards St Paul's church. A market is in progress. This is a later, updated, version of Maurer's 1741 plate.