‘Thamesmead’. Semantically, the word sounds like a riverside Shakespearean ale house. But, in the public imagination, it conjures images of a 1970s, crime-ridden neighbourhood, and the droogish ...

Mural by Paige Denham Thamesmead is undergoing a major regeneration, and as part of this, eight of these canal underpasses have been given a makeover in lockdown thanks to artists Jo Peel, Hixxy, Xenz ...