Bed rotting has a silly Scottish cousin. Believe it or not, you probably already love to “hurkle-durkle” — a Caledonian colloquialism that’s trending globally on English-language social media. We’ve ...

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 limited ...

England’s River Thames holds secrets, and some people are trying to uncover them. Mudlarking is a kind of scavenger hunt through the muck of the river. At low tide, mudlarks sift through the detritus ...

Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring ...