The River Thames is London’s largest public space, so why aren’t we using it? Swimmable Cities co-founder Chris Romer-Lee calls for us to make the river swimmable in today’s Notebook It’s time to ...

Dr. Booth said it was “by far the most comprehensive effort” to date the human remains found in the Thames. The river’s mud, which lacks oxygen, is a sealant that helps preserve remains.

Twice a day, every day, the tides of the River Thames rise and fall, revealing a foreshore that, in the middle of London, has been a focus of human activity for millennia. Making use of the ...