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How do mourning objects change over time? And what can they tell us about changing beliefs and practices?

This cutting-edge Victorian technology shows the queen as you've never seen her before

Are you more of a Princess Spring Onion or a Lord Leek? Or maybe you're a Dr Rhubarb?

We look through our collection for symbols of the long struggle by LGBTQ+ Londoners for equal rights

How a fabulous ballgown helped turn a British princess into a fashion icon

Delve into the evening wardrobes of the fashionable woman in the 1930s

This unassuming vintage wedding dress, made in the 1930s, holds a fascinating story

By any measure, Johnny Smythe led an extraordinary life

Theories, investigations and the dress colour conundrum

Victorian modernity meets engineering marvel

Smithfield boasts of a rich monastic history dating back over a millennium

Hammers, banners and prison medals: How Suffragettes continue to inspire and provoke

A wedding dress that never walked down the aisle

Interview: Often maligned by historians, feminist and Suffragette Christabel Pankhurst’s story needs much exploration

Delve into the history of Holloway prison, and the stories of the Suffragettes imprisoned there

Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape

These four forgotten champions who fought bravely for female suffrage

Curator Kate Sumnall dives into one of the most dramatic episodes in the rich history of Smithfield Market