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    A young girl holding onto railings on a residential street. This photograph is from a series of street scenes by Paul Styles taken in and around the Notting Hill area, often featuring members of the local black community.
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    How did the Empire Windrush change London?

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    On display in the Google Votes for Women project. Behind the scenes

    Road to Equality: revealing new Suffragette objects

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    Cliff Thomas installs a skeleton in the Roman Dead exhibition at the Museum of London. Hidden London

    Unearthing the Roman Dead

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Votes for Women is a year celebrating female suffrage.

Votes for Women

A year celebrating female suffrage

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London before London

450,000 BC – AD 50

Roman London

Roman London

50 – 410

Medieval London gallery

Medieval London

410 – 1558

War, Plague and Fire gallery

War, Plague and Fire

1558 – 1666

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Expanding City

1666 – 1850s

People's City gallery

People's City

1850s – 1940s

World City

World City

1950s – today

The London 2013 Cauldron gallery

The London 2012 Cauldron

2012

Discover London through history

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A young girl holding onto railings on a residential street. This photograph is from a series of street scenes by Paul Styles taken in and around the Notting Hill area, often featuring members of the local black community.
Londoners

How did the Empire Windrush change London?

8 min listen

On display in the Google Votes for Women project. Behind the scenes

Road to Equality: revealing new Suffragette objects

On display in Dark Corners. Look of London

Dark Corners photography winners

How do you select just five pictures to reflect the whole of London at night?

Cliff Thomas installs a skeleton in the Roman Dead exhibition at the Museum of London. Hidden London

Unearthing the Roman Dead

Where did the artefacts on display in Roman Dead come from?

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