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London’s Blitz: A city at war
The German bombing campaign which rained down death and destruction on London

March of the women: Photographing the Suffragettes
The fight for women’s right to vote as captured by pioneering photographer Christina Broom

Roger Mayne’s photographs of post-war London
A window into life in the capital from the 1950s

How street play shaped the lives of London’s children
These city kids created their own outdoor playgrounds with scooters, skipping ropes and songs

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

Fashionable eveningwear in 1930s London
Delve into the evening wardrobes of the fashionable woman in the 1930s

Coronations through the ages
London has been host to royal coronations strange and magnificent

Take a tour along the River Thames in the 1930s
An atmospheric trip through lost London riverscapes

Rare 3D photos of a young Queen Victoria
This cutting-edge Victorian technology shows the queen as you've never seen her before

That's me! Finding yourself in historical photographs
When museum photos reunite people with their past



Victoria Station: To the south & beyond
All aboard for seaside shenanigans and intercontinental connections

London scenes & subcultures by Dick Scott-Stewart
Photographing youth and belonging on the capital’s cultural margins

King’s Cross Station: To Hogwarts & Edinburgh
It’s the terminus with links to “The North” and an orphaned boy wizard

London through a camera lens
The photographers who've captured London's buildings, people and subcultures


Summer style at Wimbledon 1960
Bob Collins’ photos of London’s famous tennis tournament