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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Royalty & Aristocracy
Royalty & Aristocracy
The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953
Celebrated by Londoners in the streets – and on their screens
Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
A timeline of IRA attacks in London
From the 1970s to the 1990s, Londoners faced the repeated threat of Irish republican bombings
Collections
Collections
Handkerchief politics: The Irish Question
A handkerchief highlights both an interesting phase of British politics and a quirky fashion statement
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
Entrance to Japanese Fair, Japan-British Exhibition, 1910 (postcard)
Valentine and Sons Limited
1910