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

The 1918 election: When women first voted

The first general election after the First World War saw huge changes in who could vote

Politics & Society
Politics & Society

The lord mayors of London

Running things in the Square Mile since 1194

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

Christabel Pankhurst: Suffragette leader

An inspiring leader whose radical tactics intensified women’s fight for the vote

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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

Bartmann jug

Post-Medieval; 1550-1699

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

Portrait of Bennilong; a native of New Holland, who after experiencing for two years the Luxuries of England, returned to his own country and resumed all his savage habits (engraving)

C. 1798

Printed Ephemera
Printed Ephemera

Stadium, Franco - British Exhibition, London 1908 (postcard)

Valentine and Sons Limited

1908