Art & Design

Recreating the embroidery on a 1577 Bible cover that could have been done by Queen Elizabeth I herself?

This famous votes-for-women campaigner set herself apart as an artist and social activist

Laughing at life in the 18th and 19th century

A 17th-century recorder of women’s clothes and London's skyline

This south London-born artist recorded the carnage of the Second World War

Capturing the energy of 1930s Londoners

Countless London stories in black and white

Tips on identifying special books, storage and safe handling techniques to preserve these literary artefacts

Working in collaboration with 33 Londoners and why we chose a pigeon

Our Librarian shares a few of his favourite volumes and the stories these have to tell.

Camp out, help others, work for world peace: Hargrave’s youth movement aimed for a better society

Beauty queens and Black Panthers

What makes this rare sculpture, thought to be lost, special?

An influential photographer whose work spanned documentary images and Surrealist portraits

How three contemporary artists have employed unconventional techniques to capture London

What does this 19th-century book of designs reveal about the Whitefriars glass in our collection?

South Kensington looks a little different today thanks to Albert’s enthusiasm for education and art

The pioneering photographer who captured the Suffragettes in action