Love, Sex & Relationships
Find out how Londoners’ sex and relationships have changed over the centuries with our related objects, stories and blogs.
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Love, Sex & Relationships
Love, Sex & Relationships
Quirky Victorian Valentine’s Day cards
A stuffed canary on a card? A lobster in love? The Victorians had curious ways of showing romance
Rights & Activism
Rights & Activism
Ethel Smyth: Composer & Suffragette
Through love, music and activism, Smyth pushed back at the limits society placed on her
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From our experts
Molly houses & queer subculture in Georgian London
These 18th-century queer bars can be seen as a precursor to modern LGBTQ+ social life in London
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Paintings, Prints & Drawings
Paintings, Prints & Drawings
'Will your honour buy a sweet nosegay or a memorandum book'. (etching)
Sandby, Paul
1760
Printed Ephemera
