From the first episode of EastEnders on 19 February 1985, we saw the now-familiar title sequence - the zoom out from the River Thames, revolving to show the East End, London docks and Isle of Dogs. On ...

For starters, London City Airport is served by the Docklands Light Railway, offering unparalleled connectivity to major London transport interchanges like Bank, Canary Wharf, and Stratford.

London docks and Isle of Dogs. On that map there was no City Airport, no cluster of tall commercial buildings in the City of London, and no sign of the Canary Wharf skyscrapers. The urban ...