Working History

How Asma Begum’s parents travelled from Bangladesh in the 1960s to build a life in London’s East End

Where pie and mash meets biryani and dal puri

Moss Bros is one of the longest-surviving Jewish-founded firms in London fashion

From the 1940s onwards, here’s why many London-based fashion makers struggled to retain their base in the capital

Art for memories: Ahead of their move to Dagenham, the fishmongers of Billingsgate Market have many stories to tell

What connects London’s iconic Smithfield Market to the Sydney Opera House?

Tracing the origins of three royal accessories with Medieval roots

A 17th-century Jewish broker in London brings together objects from the collections of two museums in the most fascinating way

15 objects from our collections, each showing that London is, and has always been, open to the wider world

The journey of Caribbean languages to MLE

Here’s how we’re missing a crucial piece of the life in London’s docklands

Historical bargain hunt

When workers from two key local industries – tailoring and the docks – fought for better pay and working conditions

For 100 years Londoners relied on this Shoreditch institution

From food rationing to setting up emergency shops, here’s how Sainsbury’s operated during First & Second World Wars

A third of indentured labourers women. Here’s a peek into their story.

London’s Docklands have gone through huge change in the last 70 years

From clandestine wine tastings to a female police force, what went on at London’s Docklands