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‘Mermaid slinkiness’ in 1930s London fashion
Hemlines, silhouettes and coquettishly tip-tilted hats
The mystery of the female Beefeater dress
Who wore this Beefeater dress by designer Colin Wild?
Suffragette teddy bears: First World War & women’s rights
What’s your favourite object connected to women’s history? One of ours is a Bow Bear
Hattention, please! 4 fabulous headgears
London’s headgear has more history than you’d imagine
Easter egg hunting at London Museum
What happens when we go Easter egg hunting across the museum’s 7-million-strong collection?
Disciplining the ‘World’s Greatest Port’
The PLA’s Discipline Books logged transgressions and sanctions within London’s docks
Inner rooms, inner minds: Documenting London's mental health crisis
The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns evidently had an impact on people’s mental and emotional wellbeing
Poetry, plagiarism & treason: Early years of The Gentleman’s Magazine
Find out more about the home of England’s first ‘magazine’
Brixton 1981 to BLM: Reflections on Black uprisings
The changing nature of uprisings in Brixton, from 1981 to 2020
It's a sign: BSL on a 19th-century child's mug
What can fragments of a 19th-century child’s mug tell us about the history of British Sign Language?
Untold stories: London docks' hidden multicultural past
Here’s how we’re missing a crucial piece of the life in London’s docklands
Valentine's love tokens: From bent coins to whale’s tooth
Discover the romantic history behind love tokens like bent coins, lovespoons and whale’s teeth
Testy teeth! Dental interventions in 19th-century London
What three sets of teeth reveal about an individual’s dietary habits and socio-economic status
Hidden stories behind everyday tickets
The power of ephemera. How discarded tickets are testament to London's history
The Port of London’s role in Antarctic expeditions
Antarctica, Ahoy! Preparing for polar expeditions
Women's fashion in 1920s London: Going out!
Delve into the wardrobes of the fashionable woman in the 1920s
Tiles of London, from Londinium to today
As we walk the streets of London, look up and around to enjoy this city of tiles
St Paul's: Through Dickens & Doré's Victorian Lens
Explore how David Lean's Oliver Twist linked Dickens' London to Doré's art through St Paul's iconic dome
