The London Journal
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The London Journal
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A journal embracing all aspects of metropolitan society past & present | Published by Taylor & Francis for London Journal Trust | Articles & Special Issue proposals welcome | thelondonjournal.org
We'll have another issue out in the new calendar year, but do keep an eye out for other announcements and threads from us in the meantime, as we continue our 50th anniversary celebrations. Thanks for reading!
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
And rounding off the issue is @therealdrdark.bsky.social's review of London’s South Bank: The History, written by Mireille Galinou and illustrated by Stephen Conlin.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The penultimate book review in this issue is of 'St Giles-in-the-Fields: The History of a London Parish' by Rebecca Preston and Andrew Saint, as reviewed by Francis Calvert Boorman.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
We also have Rohan McWilliam's review of London 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City by Stephen Brooke.
London 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Vol. 50, No. 3, 2025)
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November 28, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Followed by Nether World: Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London by @drewdgray.bsky.social, reviewed by Hilary S. Morris.
Nether World: Crime and the Police Courts in Victorian London
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Vol. 50, No. 3, 2025)
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November 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
We finish the issue with a series of book reviews: firstly, Civil War London: Mobilizing for Parliament, 1641–45 by Jordan S. Downs, reviewed by Alex Beeton.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The issue also features an review of the London Museum of Docklands' 'Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking London's Lost Treasures', by @jwbrown.bsky.social.
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November 28, 2025 at 6:25 PM
And finally, 'The Survey of London Today: Reconciling the Granular with the Global' by Sarah A. Dowding, Emily Mann and Aileen Reid.

All of these Viewpoints are currently freely available to read, along with the recommended companion pieces in each of the threads.
November 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Secondly, 'The City of Dreadful Night?' by
@mcmccluskey.bsky.social.
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The issue also contains three Viewpoint articles, which we've previously threaded about, and we will link those threads to this one. Firstly, 'Guilds and Companies in London, 1200–1700: Contexts and Comparisons' by @mpdavies.bsky.social.
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
And last but not least, the 2024 Curriers Prize winning 'Stories from Smithfield: Markets and the Narration of London', by @jackhanlon.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Our penultimate research article of the issue is 'The Queen Catherine Court Slum Clearance Scheme: A Turning Point in the History of Social Housing in London', by Patricia Coveney Sears: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Followed by 'A Romani Capital? Romanies and London in the Eighteenth Century', by @jamesepeate.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
First up is 'The Politics of Wardship: A New Perspective on Societal Dissatisfaction and Civic Unrest in Late Fourteenth-Century London', by @dralrs.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM