So too was sex. In the 18th century, the first edition of Harris’s List of Covent Garden Ladies appeared, a guide to the prostitutes of the neighbourhood. It went through dozens of editions over ...

By 1800, Covent Garden was the largest vegetable, fruit and herb market in England. The profile of the area had changed by then. As wealthier residents moved out, (the Bedfords to Southampton House, ...

boutiquey hotel named after 18th century novelist Henry Fielding sits just opposite. The tourist-trap that is Covent Garden Market is less than a five-minute scroll away, too. Rooms are charming ...

Across town at the Covent Garden Theatre ... Were Ray and Hackman actual lovers, or was Hackman an 18th-century John Hinckley stalking the Georgian equivalent of Jodie Foster, pressing his ...

Harlots depicts the stories of working women detailed in 1757 in Harris's List of Covent Garden Ladies ... about the lives of sex workers in the 18th century. Hallie Rubenhold’s book The ...

Mardi Gras celebrations are set to take over London this weekend as Covent Garden’s The Yard ... to America by French settlers in the 18th Century when they founded New Orleans.

The first night audience at Covent Garden were all looking forward ... written by Goethe in the late 18th century. Werther and Charlotte were childhood sweethearts but Werther went away for ...