Lifestyle & Leisure
How have Londoners spent their free time? What’s a London way of living? Find out in these objects, stories and blogs.
Blogs-And-Stories
Quiz: How well do you know London's lingo?
Why are London policemen called Bobbies? And what does 'Knees up' mean?
From tiny to titanic: Mudlarking treasures on display
Ready to explore what the river has preserved?
My life as a mudlark: Finding the sacred in the River Thames
Mudlark Caroline Nunneley shares her journey discovering medieval artefacts in the Thames
The eccentric dentist who embalmed his wife
Here’s the curious tale of Martin van Butchell’s first wife
London scenes & subcultures by Dick Scott-Stewart
Photographing youth and belonging on the capital’s cultural margins
A brief history of Punch & Judy puppet shows
Punch and his ill-treated wife Judy have entertained Londoners for centuries
A caricaturist takes on the Great Exhibition, 1851
George Cruikshank’s satirical sketches shine a light on the craze caused by this London event
Ballets Russes costumes
This ballet company had a trailblazing look – and even collaborated with artists like Picasso
Collecting cash at Shakespeare’s plays
Tudor and Stuart theatres may have relied on these single-use money pots
Frost fairs: Festivities on a frozen River Thames
Trading, feasting and entertainment on ice
fabric: A nightclub for a new millennium
How a Victorian meat warehouse in Smithfield became one of London’s leading venues
The outdoor theatres of Tudor London
Late 16th-century London was Shakespeare’s playground, where theatre thrived on open-air stages
Portraits of London’s close-knit queer club scenes
Liz Johnson Artur captured community, individuality and joy on and around the dance floor
The comic operas of Gilbert & Sullivan
The writer-composer pair behind the hottest shows in Victorian London
