London Month of the Dead - London Maps of the Dead

LONDON MAPS OF THE DEAD Exploring London’s Geography of Death with Matt Brown on Sunday the 25th October 2026 at 3:30 pm Maps tell us where we are, where we’ve been, and where we might be going—but they can also reveal the lives and deaths that have shaped the city around us. London is a City of the Dead, and among its countless maps are those that chart wartime destruction, plague outbreaks, murders, epidemics, cemeteries and forgotten burial grounds. Together they reveal a hidden geography of mortality beneath the modern metropolis. For more than twenty years, author and Londonist editor Matt Brown has been exploring and mapping London. In this richly illustrated talk, he reveals how innovative mapping techniques can uncover remarkable new perspectives on the capital’s history, revealing the stories, patterns and forgotten lives hidden within the city’s streets. Tickets £12.50 including a delightful gin cocktail and a 20% donation to the Kings Chaplaincy Trust. Please click here to purchase. MATT BROWN Matt Brown is editor at large of Londonist and the main contributor to “Londonist: Time Machine”, a newsletter dedicated to the city’s history. Over 21 years as a professional London explorer, he has waded along the buried River Fleet, spent a night in a haunted plague pit, crawled through hidden tunnels beneath London Bridge and walked the tracks under Leicester Square at 2am. He is the author of 13 books, including “London Night and Day” (2015), “Everything You Know About London Is Wrong” (2016), the bestselling “Atlas of Imagined Places” (2021) and its sequel “Atlas of Imagined Cities” (2023), with his latest, “The Boroughs of London” (2025), exploring the quirks and histories of the capital’s 32 boroughs.

LONDON MAPS OF THE DEAD
Exploring London’s Geography of Death with Matt Brown
on Sunday the 25th October 2026 at 3:30 pm

Maps tell us where we are, where we’ve been, and where we might be going—but they can also reveal the lives and deaths that have shaped the city around us.

London is a City of the Dead, and among its countless maps are those that chart wartime destruction, plague outbreaks, murders, epidemics, cemeteries and forgotten burial grounds. Together they reveal a hidden geography of mortality beneath the modern metropolis.

For more than twenty years, author and Londonist editor Matt Brown has been exploring and mapping London. In this richly illustrated talk, he reveals how innovative mapping techniques can uncover remarkable new perspectives on the capital’s history, revealing the stories, patterns and forgotten lives hidden within the city’s streets.

Tickets £12.50 including a delightful gin cocktail and a 20% donation to the Kings Chaplaincy Trust. Please click here to purchase.

MATT BROWN
Matt Brown is editor at large of Londonist and the main contributor to “Londonist: Time Machine”, a newsletter dedicated to the city’s history. Over 21 years as a professional London explorer, he has waded along the buried River Fleet, spent a night in a haunted plague pit, crawled through hidden tunnels beneath London Bridge and walked the tracks under Leicester Square at 2am. He is the author of 13 books, including “London Night and Day” (2015), “Everything You Know About London Is Wrong” (2016), the bestselling “Atlas of Imagined Places” (2021) and its sequel “Atlas of Imagined Cities” (2023), with his latest, “The Boroughs of London” (2025), exploring the quirks and histories of the capital’s 32 boroughs.