Blogs-And-Stories

Transport
Transport

Photographing London at rush hour, 1978

Barry Lewis captured the crowds commuting in the capital

Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships

Sunil Gupta’s photo-collages protested Section 28

This 1988 series challenged homophobic government legislation through photography and poetry

London Places
London Places

London schools: A history lesson

How the school gates opened to everyone

Trades & Workers
Trades & Workers

Inside the Wall’s meat factory, 1959

See how the sausage is made

Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships

A Bengali Muslim wedding in London, 1992

Memories of a special day – the food, family and ceremony

Art & Design
Art & Design

Peek inside the prestigious Sotheby’s auction house

Henry Grant photographed fine art and fancy jewellery going under the hammer

London Places
London Places

Who are the Chelsea Pensioners?

British Army veterans have had a special home in west London since 1692

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Anti-nuclear protests in dangerous times

Huge crowds gathered in London from the 1950s onwards to call for a ban on nuclear weapons

Immigration & Identity
Immigration & Identity

An Irish Traveller community in 1980s Bermondsey

These photos put the focus on a group often left out of London’s story

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

May Day protests in post-war London

Marching for world peace and workers’ rights on a historic day of activism