At the start of the RNLI’s 200th anniversary year, Storm Smith-Suckoo, one of around 60 volunteers based out of Tower Lifeboat Station, the charity’s busiest, charts his multiple links with the river that have taken him around the world.

After nearly a decade, this will be Rev Sophia Acland’s last Christmas at All Hallows by the Tower in central London, prompting her to reflect on the church’s close links with the river.

Christmas is a special – but busy - time of year for Julie Hobby, the manager of the QVSR London Tilbury Seafarers Centre.

Promoting the physical and mental benefits of getting active on the river motivates our Sports Manager, Jenny Cooper-Low, with partnership working central to her ethos.

On the eve of London International Shipping Week (11-15 September), the latest generation of a Kent family with a long history of working on the capital’s river, describes it as “the best job in the world.”

After almost two decades at the helm of Thames21, Debbie Leach is heading to Devon for a new challenge, but London’s river will always have a special place in her heart.

A trip to the Isles of Scilly over a decade ago triggered a love of paddling and the Thames for a Czech-born kayak coach.

Audrey Hughes, City Cruises’ manager at Westminster Pier, reports more females are joining her working on the river – but not enough.

On the eve of his 90th birthday (7 May 2023), Greenwich-based Peter Kent is holding a final exhibition for his family and friends of his life’s work as a sketch artist – with the river to the fore, as usual.

Fiona has looked after the Port of London Authority archive at the Museum of London Docklands since 2018. One of the largest of its kind in the country, it continues to grow and contains a few surprises!

Marking National Apprenticeship Week, Keon St Croix, a trainee lighterman with Cory, explains what set him on the path to a career on the river.

After a "life-changing" 2022, the Olympic rower looks forward to engaging more young people in London Youth Rowing.

The return of the New Year’s Eve fireworks to the river in central London this year has kept the Met’s Marine Policing Unit officer busy.

With family links to the river dating back over a century, one tug operator at Svitzer is looking forward to a cleaner, greener, and busier Thames.

As Black History Month gets underway, the artist and keen walker from South East London, describes how the capital’s river has shaped her life.

Thames21’s river restoration manager says the Thames has been a feature of her life since childhood. The river is etched deep in her memory.

An investment analyst's ”near-miss” while sailing inspired him to donate his time to the RNLI to assist in saving lives on the Thames

The chair of the Corporation's Policy & Resources Committee reflected on the river – past, present and future -- as she neared the end of her term.

The managing director of Gravesend ferry operator, Jetstream Tours, is optimistic about the future of sustainable passenger trade on the river.

Ahead of National Apprenticeship Week, a PLA apprentice charted how their apprenticeship launched a career afloat.

The Thames is a constant thread through the life of the Dean of Southwark and his cathedral's diverse congregation.

Our outgoing chairman has seen the PLA change radically - and is confident we are well placed to help the river meet the new challenges it faces.

From pleasure boat barmaid to volunteer guide at the PLA’s new London: Port City exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands.

This the seventh-generation Thames watermen and founder of Livett’s Launches, has helped make the river a global film star.

The publication of a second book about mudlarking on the Thames, an exhibition at Southwark Cathedral and TideFest.

The skipper of the Blue Mermaid and co-founder of the Sea-Change Sailing Trust talks about his life on the river.

The Thames will always be home for this rower, Queen’s waterman, Olympian, Doggett’s Race champion and boatbuilder.

A Port of London Authority marine engineering apprentice has advice for young women considering their career options.

To mark World Oceans Day 2021, this year highlighting how people depend on clean seas for their livelihoods, we meet an Essex-based fisherman.

Hit hard by the pandemic, Creekside Discovery Centre was on the verge of closure until its founder came to the rescue.

On 8 May 1984, the day HM The Queen formally opened the Thames Barrier, one of its current key staff, had just turned one.

One of the youngest captains on the Thames, is focussed on winning the historic Doggett’s Coat & Badge Wager on 25 June.

This Bermondsey boy's career has seen him serve as a Queen’s Waterman, lead Thames passenger boat design and co-found Thames Clippers.

This illustrator, writer and walker is looking forward to getting back on the Thames Path along the river he calls the midwife of London.

When the pandemic took hold, this City Cruises apprentice thought her career on the Thames was over - till the PLA threw her a lifeline.

The Rochdale-born CEO of London Youth Rowing lives and breathes the river, for work and pleasure, and was drawn to it from an early age.

For almost two decades, the Thames has shaped the career of a native New Zealander, who has a passion for getting more women working on the river.

Ebb and Flow blogger unlocks stories “swirling around our beautiful, beguiling, dangerous, and ever-changing river”.