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Noble squares & charming cheesecake: A Regency tourist's London diary
Elizabeth Chivers’ unpublished diary gives a peek into her whirlwind 20-day London adventure
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Mapping the legacy of slavery in London’s Docklands
Traces of the transatlantic slave trade continue to exist in the Docklands landscape
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Librarian’s pick: Queer history books to read
Four books on LGBTQ+ history from the museum’s library that you should read, if you haven’t already
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His Excellency the Persian Ambassador (coloured etching)
Dighton, Richard, McLean, Thomas
1819
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The Lollards Tower, Lambeth Palace Surry (engraving)
Greig, John, Whichelo, John May, Vernor & Hood, Storer, J.
1804
