Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The punishing past of London’s prisons
A list of the most notorious and historic prisons in the city
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.
Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The murder of Thomas Becket
An event that shocked medieval Europe – and a cult that's lasted centuries
