Victorian (1837 – 1901)

John Thomson’s fascinating photographs reveal the lives of workers in 19th-century London

How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores

The writer-composer pair behind the hottest shows in Victorian London

Roaming rural north London in the late 1800s

The wildest place in the capital?

An ancient Egyptian obelisk – on the banks of the River Thames

The artist’s gloomy illustrations recall his 19th-century trips through the poverty-stricken city

In the 1700s and 1800s, travelling on London’s main roads came with a cost

Hyde Park’s historic spot for public speaking and debate

A bumper blend of old and new

Getting Londoners across the Thames since the 1300s

The first woman in Britain to qualify as a doctor

Catastrophe struck on the River Thames in 1878 when a cargo ship collided with a tourist boat

Fry’s injection of kindness transformed the prison experience for Victorian women