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Meet the London workers who turned holiday tips requests into an artform

Explore London Museum artefacts that reveal a strange yet fascinating history of healing

Was it a 17th-century curse or a homeowner’s protection?

Four Londoners share the significance of contributing their bit to the London 2012 Olympic Games

Are you an Olympian when it comes to Olympics facts?

How these hand-embroidered WWI silk postcards are beautiful examples of sentimentality and wartime industry

We don’t really judge, but we can definitely get to know a lot about a book’s owner by their customised bookplate

Explore London’s medieval shell relics, symbolising the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage’s lasting allure

Tracing the origins of three royal accessories with Medieval roots

When workers from two key local industries – tailoring and the docks – fought for better pay and working conditions

These photos of disabled children in 1950s London attempt to fill in a crucial gap in our history

Here’s how music and fashion were intrinsically linked in 1960s London

How Asma Begum’s parents travelled from Bangladesh in the 1960s to build a life in London’s East End

Take our Christmas Quiz to find out how much you know about this annual festival

How did a chip off a 3,500-year-old Egyptian obelisk wind up as a fashionable Victorian cravat pin?

How three contemporary artists have employed unconventional techniques to capture London

A handkerchief highlights both an interesting phase of British politics and a quirky fashion statement

We look at four artworks to see how disabled people were portrayed in the 18th century