Kneeling or hunched over, with eyes scanning the gravel and mud, they are mudlarking — hunting for little treasures. With the help of museums, the finds they make are shaping our understanding ...

Now, London Museum Docklands will be hosting some of the most interesting finds in the 'Secrets of the Thames: Mudlarking ...

In 2019 I went mudlarking with Lara Maiklem near Blackfriars, ahead of the publication of her enthralling first book, Mudlarking. Dedicated to the river—“my friend, companion and confidante ...

Nicola also recommends books such as Nick Stevens and Jason Sandy’s Thames Mudlarking: Searching For London’s Lost Treasures and Ted Sandling’s A Mudlark’s Treasures: London in Fragments.

Modern-day mudlarking, you’ll be pleased to hear, is an altogether cleaner and better regulated pastime. And what treasures it reveals… Lara “London Mudlark” Maiklem hosts a special ...

It included an expansive exhibition on mudlarking and offered people a chance to meet the mudlarks who have dedicated themselves to finding London’s lost treasures. Hannah Smiles, who was part ...