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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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Who was publicly executed in London?
Thirteen tales of the cooks, rebels, bankers and king who died in front of a watching crowd
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Six things you didn’t know about executions in London
London’s courts condemned more people to die than the rest of England, and six facts you may not know
From our experts
From our experts
Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Great Meeting in Hyde Park, Enfranchisement of Women, Women's Social and Political Union (notice)
Women's Social and Political Union
1906-08-12