Julia Fullerton-Batten Meandering more than 200 miles through southern England, the River Thames has been the setting ... the environment, art and education. A longtime Smithsonian contributor ...

Some of these items have inevitably ended up in the river Thames. Luckily for history buffs, every day the river offers up a trove of surprising treasures from the past, which are found and ...

Perched majestically on the south bank of the River Thames, the former Bankside power station now stands as London's most iconic modern and contemporary art gallery. London's industrial past meets ...