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Tips on identifying special books, storage and safe handling techniques to preserve these literary artefacts

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

Art for memories: Ahead of their move to Dagenham, the fishmongers of Billingsgate Market have many stories to tell

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

From the 1940s onwards, here’s why many London-based fashion makers struggled to retain their base in the capital

Moss Bros is one of the longest-surviving Jewish-founded firms in London fashion

All you need to know about glove-wearing while handling objects at London Museum

What makes this rare sculpture, thought to be lost, special?

Two Londoners of Caribbean heritage share their culinary perspectives

Where pie and mash meets biryani and dal puri

From food rationing to setting up emergency shops, here’s how Sainsbury’s operated during First & Second World Wars

From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of post-WWII London and their experiences as Londoners

Levant café brings the traditional Syrian ice cream to London, creating a space that gives one a sense of home and identity

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

Three Londoners of Indo-Caribbean descent share family stories of being part of the Windrush generation