Crime & Legislation
Spanning criminals, prisons and the Metropolitan Police, find out about London’s laws and its lawbreakers in our objects, stories and blogs.
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Death & Disasters
Death & Disasters
Who was publicly executed in London?
Thirteen tales of the cooks, rebels, bankers and king who died in front of a watching crowd
Crime & Legislation
Crime & Legislation
The Sidney Street siege: An East End shootout
A tale of revolutionaries, murder and Winston Churchill
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From our experts
Changing London: A view from inside Pentonville Prison
From behind the walls of HMP Pentonville, these men share their views of London after the Second World War
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Post-Medieval
Post-Medieval
Dean & Chapter, St Peter's, Westminster (seal impression)
Tudor; mid-late 16th century