Discoveries can be made as far east as the Thames Estuary, up to 40 miles from central London, although mudlarks tend to use their own boats in this broad island-strewn reach of the river.

A Tudor wool knitted hat and a Viking-era dagger are among a series of objects found on the banks of the River Thames which ...

Her book, Mudlarking: Lost and Found on the River Thames, will be published in August. Lara appears on a special edition of Time Travellers, the quirkiest history podcast around. Subscribe to the ...

Mudlarking, or the scavenging and studying of historical objects that have been dredged up on riversides, is an ancient activity that’s gaining a whole new following on TikTok and Instagram.

She said: 'Mudlarking in the River Thames is like being given the chance to try a glorious lucky dip - you never know what might turn up. 'Our anaerobic mud contains no oxygen, so items don't ...

"If you spend enough time on the Thames, you will eventually come across human remains," wrote river mudlark Lara Maiklem in The Spectator. It is "a river of lost souls, filled with suicides ...

Popularised by the Victorians, mudlarking involves going down to the banks of the Thames at low tide and searching ... or it gets rolled around in the river and smashed up, it's miraculous that ...

With a great river like the Thames racing down towards the ocean, there is a sense of a connection to the infinite. And there is a sweet romance to the notion of a lover secretly throwing a token into ...

“I’m using the River Thames as a vehicle to explore contemporary ritual in ... and whether they were secular, or non-secular.” Mudlarking, 10/01/2015, 10.00 am, Southbank 2 varies 51°30’31.4”N 0°06’26 ...

She decides to leave, but falls into the hands of the riverside-dwelling mudlarks, a gang of kids who are set to work collecting all the things the filthy River Thames washes up. Charley is sent on a ...