War & Weapons
War & Weapons

‘Munitionettes’ & women’s football in the First World War

The official sport of women factory workers in wartime

War & Weapons
War & Weapons

The First World War air raids on London

Londoners looked anxiously at the sky as zeppelins and planes brought 20th-century warfare to their doorstep

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Women’s toilets & the fight for the right to work

What can a toilet roll tell us about the history of women’s access to work and leisure?

Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters

Silvertown 1917: London’s largest explosion

73 people died when an east London factory making TNT caught fire and exploded