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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation

Jack the Ripper

How the murders of five women birthed an infamous East End crime story

Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure

The London life of William Shakespeare

The work of this celebrated English playwright has strong roots in the capital

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Sylvia Pankhurst: Suffragette, artist, activist

This famous votes-for-women campaigner set herself apart as an artist and social activist

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

The Great Plague of 1665

An estimated 100,000 people died in London’s last major plague epidemic

Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation

Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero

How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.