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William Sessarakoo: the Royal African
One man’s journey from African prince through slavery into London high society
Is this burnt bible a survivor of the Great Fire of London?
Hidden away for years, we trace its journey from flames to museum shelves
Punk & personal: DIY badges, bondage shirts & scrapbooks
How do you represent something as multifaceted, vibrant and anarchic as the punk scene in a museum?
From fish market to red carpet: London's changing docks
London’s Docklands have gone through huge change in the last 70 years
How the Great Fire of London created insurance
The Great Fire of London in 1666 had a surprising outcome: the creation of modern property insurance
London is open and always has been
15 objects from our collections, each showing that London is, and has always been, open to the wider world
Beatrice de Cardi: Archaeologist, adventurer & fashion aficionado
Archaeologist extraordinaire who fashioned a legacy from ancient pots to war zones
‘A leather jerkin well examined’: Tudor fashion's unsung hero
A rugged, sleeveless jacket that shaped 16th-century style
A fashion for women's suffrage, via Christina Broom's lens
What do the clothes worn by Christina Broom's protagonists say about them and the period?
Bomber jackets: From military gear to fashion icon
A personal take on the evolution of the bomber jacket and its allure for women
London Stone in seven strange myths
We examine the myths surrounding London Stone and the colourful cast of characters who created them
Rediscover London's lost art of flower-making
Explore the almost-lost but enchanting Victorian craft of flower-making, once a bustling industry in London
