Blogs-And-Stories

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Ottobah Cugoano: A powerful critic of slavery

Cugoano shared his own experience of enslavement to try and end it for good

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

The shadowy dock scenes of Gustave Doré

Romanticised illustrations that conjure up the sweat, clamour and clank of the 19th-century London riverside

Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity

How Asian ayahs and amahs arrived in London

These nannies were some of the first Asian women to visit London in the 18th century

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

Henry Mayhew brings Victorian London to life

His spectacular survey preserved the experiences and voices of street workers in the 19th century