Politics & Society
Meet the mayors, prime ministers and Parliaments who’ve held power, and see how Londoners have lived together, with the help of our objects, stories and blogs.
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Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
May Day protests in post-war London
Marching for world peace and workers’ rights on a historic day of activism
Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships
Sunil Gupta’s photo-collages protested Section 28
This 1988 series challenged homophobic government legislation through photography and poetry
Politics & Society
Politics & Society
Ken Livingstone: GLC leader & London’s first mayor
Dubbed “Red Ken” in the 1980s, Livingstone became London’s first directly elected mayor in 2000
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Photography
Photography
Man in the kitchen of a house in Ellingfort Road, Hackney (cibachrome print)
Hunter, Tom, Hunter, Tom
1994
Photography
Photography
London University students call for the release of activist Dr Banda, Central London (negative)
Grant, Henry
1959
