Stories
- Article
How slums make people sick
A newly gentrified corner of Bermondsey leaves little clue to its less salubrious history. But a few intrepid writers recorded the details of existence in one of London’s most squalid slums.
- Article
The tradesman who confronted the pestilence
The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Brentwood: Photographs: Lord Mayor of London opens City Donor Centre at Moor House
Date: 1968-1989Reference: SA/HHC/D/3/6/2/3Part of: Harrison-Howell Blood Transfusion Collection- Journals
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Humble Petition of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons of the City of London
- Books
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To the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, the Court of Aldermen, and the Court of Common-Council of the City of London.
Nelme, Lemuel Dole, -1786.Date: 1785]- Books
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Lists of the Lord-Mayor, Aldermen, Recorder, Sheriffs, and Common-Council-Men of the City of London: together with the committees Of The Court of Common Council, for the year 1796.
Corporation of London.Date: [1796]- Books
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Rules and ordinances for the regulation of carmen; made by the Lord-Mayor, and Justices of the Peace, of the City of London.
Corporation of London.Date: [1788?]