Hanoverian (1714 – 1837)
Explore objects, stories and blogs that reveal London life in the 18th and early-19th century, when five kings from the House of Hanover ruled Britain.
Top-Results
Top-Results
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
Joseph Grimaldi: King of the clowns
Grimaldi’s extraordinary physical comedy changed the pantomime forever – but it came at a price
Lifestyle & Leisure
Lifestyle & Leisure
A brief history of Punch & Judy puppet shows
Punch and his ill-treated wife Judy have entertained Londoners for centuries
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Olaudah Equiano: Writer & abolitionist
A freed enslaved man whose life story drove the abolition of the British trade in enslaved Africans