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
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Boris Johnson: London mayor, Brexit prime minister

Running the capital then the country, Johnson is remembered for the Olympics, Brexit and Covid-19

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

Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism

May Day protests in post-war London

Marching for world peace and workers’ rights on a historic day of activism

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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval

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Tudor; 1481-1610

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Post-Medieval

Bartmann jug

Post-Medieval; 1550-1699

Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings

The order and manner of the burning of Anne Askew, John Lacels, John Adams, Nicholas Belenian, with certain of the Councell sitting in Smithfield (woodcut)

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