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
Jack Sheppard: An 18th-century working class hero
How one young criminal became a working class hero by escaping London prisons four times.
Fashion & Style
Fashion & Style
The Forty Elephants: South London’s supreme shoplifters
How an all-women clan of career criminals hounded West End department stores
From our experts
From our experts
From avoiding the gallows, to leading a mutiny
What happened to convicts who were transported to penal colonies instead of being executed?
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Votes for Women Demonstration in Trafalgar Square (notice)
Women's Social and Political Union
1906-07-01
