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We flipped through 600 items of headgear for the most cap-tivating stories.

Books

Information in your pockets, in a pre-Google era

Long before smartphones, almanacs and pocket books were the main source of handy, relevant information in Europe.

London Now

Playing in the Port: why video gamers love London’s Docklands?

In video games, London’s docks are a place where fantasy and reality cross paths, and thriving in the midst of it all is — you!

Londoners

Disciplining the ‘World’s Greatest Port’

The PLA’s Discipline Books logged transgressions and sanctions within London’s docks — from pilfered wine to missing work to watch a football match!
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