Fashion in 1960s London
This section explores the development of Sixties fashion from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, linking it to Londo…
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Life in the East End Flickr group
We would like you to share your photographs of daily life in the East End of London by posting your photos of celeb…
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Sir Paul Pindar's house
The façade of Sir Paul Pindar's house, originally in Bishopsgate, London, is an outstanding survival of a London ti…
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Two African gentlemen in London
This engraved double portrait presents two early African visitors to London. The image appeared as a bookplate in T…
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Fashion in Motion: Vivienne Westwood
The Vivienne Westwood Fashion in Motion live catwalk event took place on Friday 30 April 2004. Vivienne Westwood is…
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Frost Fair mug, by unknown maker, 1684
A miraculous survival, this tiny glass mug is a souvenir of the Frost Fair, bought from a stall erected upon the Th…
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Norfolk House Music Room
The Norfolk House Music Room contains the panelling from the Music Room and the doorways from the Great Room of Nor…
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Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion
6 July – 29 July 2012. Britain Creates 2012: Fashion + Art Collusion brings together the UK’s most prestigious fashion designers to collaborate with Britain’s leading visual artists on specially commissioned works of art as part of the London 2012 Festival.
London Contemporary Dance Theatre
London Contemporary Dance Theatre was established in 1966, becoming the flagship of modern dance in Britain.
FRIDAY LATE: The Play House
March 2011. For one night only the galleries of the V&A were filled to the brim with theatre and live performance.
Jainism today
Today there are some six million Jains worldwide, and they represent less than 2% of India's population. The Jain community in India is certred in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Many migrated to East Africa and from there to Britain, where the community is around 30,000.
Baroque palaces
The mid-17th century saw the start of a 100-year-long surge of palace-building unmatched before or since. All over Europe, absolutist regimes, from Russia to Portugal, built or renovated palaces as their main centres of power.
British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age
31 March–12 August 2012
Showcasing over 300 British design objects, this exhibition celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the summer of 2012.
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Edward Bawden's London
Remarkable imagery of London by the painter, illustrator and graphic artist
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Tue 15 January 2013 10:30
SHORT COURSE: Explore London during a dynamic and colourful period, when the city was expanding rapidly and becoming a leading centre of trade with the rest of the world.
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