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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Politics & Society
Politics & Society
The Penny Post sparked a letter-writing revolution
Letter-writing exploded in popularity in Victorian Britain thanks to one-penny postage
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Who was the Suffragette Emily Davison?
After running onto a racecourse, this votes for women campaigner lost her life for the cause
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Emmeline Pankhurst: Suffragette icon
Pankurst’s leadership of the militant votes-for-women campaign made her a feminist hero
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Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera
The Coster-Girl. "Apples! An 'aypenny a lot, Apples!" (illustration)
Hine, Henry George
1864
