Explore objects, stories and blogs relating to art and design from – and about – London.
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?
How three contemporary artists have employed unconventional techniques to capture London
An influential photographer whose work spanned documentary images and Surrealist portraits
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
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