Mudlarker reveals extraordinary items he has unearthed from shoreline of the River Thames

In centuries past, the River Thames became London‘s sewer as industrial waste, human excrement and even murdered bodies were dumped into its murky waters.  But along with the mounds of foul-smelling rubbish which caused the Great Stink of 1858, historical treasures have also sunk to the river’s depths.   Simon Bourne, 39, has spent nine years … Read more