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For the second year running we hosted another sell out Magic Lantern Show with Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker and Costas Fotopoulos improvising at the piano!

This time with added floating skeleton. T Thank you to everyone that came and we hope to see you next year!"

#Halloween #MagicLanternSociety

Magic Lantern Show and Exhibition Late View Join us at The London Archives for an evening of Victorian magic and entertainment with Jeremy and Carolyn Brooker from the Magic Lantern Society.

www.thelondonarchives.org/whats-on/mag...

Get your tickets whilst they last! Selling fast! @thelondonarchives.bsky.social #MagicLantern

Archives on Show: Epping Forest Join us in this free drop-in session to explore the archives of Epping Forest.

Escape to Epping Forest in our archives! 🌳

Get hands-on with the history of London's largest open space at our free event. Explore original maps, vintage photos, and fascinating documents that tell the story of this ancient woodland.

All tickets are FREE.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archives-o...

College of Arms opens its doors to show off the High Court of Chivalry There is a courthouse in the City of London that hasn’t been used for a trial since 1737, but it’s still there - just in case.

There is a courthouse in the City of London that hasn’t been used for a trial since 1737, but it’s still there - just in case.

www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/col...

Marginalia...
Ornate H's...
Indeterminate beasts...
Snails with ears....
Declarations of love for Elizabeth I....

This Churchwarden's account book from the 1570s has it all.

Excellent and insightful talk @thelondonarchives.bsky.social by @kiranmehta.bsky.social this evening on the making of the London prison system 1750-1840!

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/pnA4LGb...

Please help support our art collective to raise money for our next exhibition! More information in the link. 🙏

To Detain or To Punish Join us at The London Archives as Dr Kiran Mehta introduces her new book exploring the penal landscape of 18th century London.

🚨 To Detain or To Punish: Magistrates and the Making of the London Prison System, 1750–1840 🚨
📅 Wednesday 3 September @ 5:30pm
📣 @kiranmehta.bsky.social discusses the diverse penal landscape of 18th century London. An incredible book using many TLA documents!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/to-detain-...

London's Auxiliary Ambulance Station 50 In connection with the London in the Second World War exhibition at The London Archives, we look at London's South Asian communities and civil defence.

Read this great blog from @thelondonarchives.bsky.social
www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/londons...

BMXs, boomboxes and black eyes: growing up on Peckham housing estates in the 80s – in pictures As a teenager, Russell Newell photographed the Peckham estates where he lived, and his images – unseen for 40 years – document his friends, his community and life in this vibrant part of south-east Lo...

www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

We're back with another #DiscoverTLA exploring our trade card collection 🔍

Naturally we're starting with *not* a trade card! In fact this is a 1730 newspaper clipping advertising the business of Elizabeth Cluer, which is in our trade card collection...

📷 SC/GL/TCC/00/CLA-COX

#EarlyModern

1/7 🧵

Excited to be shortlisted for the @araukie.bsky.social Record-Keeping Service of the Year award for 2025! We believe our team is incredible, and if you think so too, we’d love your vote! Click below to support us: 👇

www.archives.org.uk/recordkeepin... #RecordKeeping #ARA

Archival Sonics in the Fractured City Join a one-off event at The London Archives, with POW (Play On Words) exploring the sounds and music frequencies of London.

www.eventbrite.com/e/archival-s...

Power Couples of the Tudor Era Join us at The London Archives as author Jo Romero talks us through her book featuring influential duos that shaped history.

Cancel your holidays, we've got something better for you to do.

⚔️ Power Couples of the Tudor Era ⚔️
📣 Wed 16 July, 5:30pm
🎫 Booking Essential

We'll be examining the relationships, contributions and impact of nine Tudor power couples, with author Jo Romero.
#TudorHistory #Archives #Tudors

Why our obsession with busyness is holding us back We rarely take pauses in our working lives, but carving out time can help us to refuel and use our brains more effectively, explains Neil Jurd

www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1817...

Image of the 1297 magna carta. Parchment document with wax seal at the bottom attached with string.

After a settlement was agreed between King John and rebel leaders, copies of the Magna Carta were issued #OTD in 1215.

We have one of the best copies of the Magna Carta. Issued in 1297 by Edward I, it confirms the City of London's ancient liberties and customs.

📷 COL/CH/01/021

#History #Archives

Great to see the London Picture Archive (previously known as Collage) mentioned in this article on digital tools and London history!

LPA has over 250,000 images from the collections of TLA and @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social

#LondonPictureArchive #Archives

Shakespeare in London See rarely displayed treasures relating to William Shakespeare at The London Archives from 30 June until 25 September 2025.

www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...

There's only one moth left of our FREE display showcasing the artwork and history of the London County Council Tramways!

Visit us before 26/06/25 to see a selection of beautiful C20th posters and photographs.

#Tramways #TheLondonArchives #LondonCountyCouncil #archives

There might be a mention in Pepys diary?

Take Action! Free the Sea Life Penguins Sign our petition to demand that Sea Life/Merlin Entertainments free the gentoo penguins from their basement prison, contact your MP to support the EDM!

www.freedomforanimals.org.uk/action-sea-l...

Photograph showing a small telegram with type-written text with some edits in pencil.

Photograph of two telegrams with type-written text, with some notes in pencil.

Today is the 80th anniversary of #VEDay. These two telegrams were received by The Lord Mayor's office, the first from Buckingham Palace, with King George VI expressing his gratitude to citizens of the City for their resilience, and the second from Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery.

The little Italian job For years, London's "Little Italy" has been gradually dissipating. Can a Clerkenwell social club change its fortunes?

The Londoner (@londonermag.bsky.social) has been knocking it out of the park, this weekend with this piece on Italian(s') history in London

📣#IrishHistory talk alert!
☘️ Thur 8 May @ 12:30pm
Famine and the Removal of Irish Paupers from London (In person and Online)

Learn about the Irish in London who were sent back to Ireland during the Great Hunger to face an uncertain fate. #archives #speirgorm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/famine-and....

Some darling little drawings discovered today at The London Archives.

Very pleased to have a credit in this beautiful book about Betty Joel for my work on her time in London: www.thelondonarchives.org/blog/the-lon...

Photograph featuring the upper half of a standing Black woman, to the left, looking outwards with head raised proudly, to the right is her self-portrait, upoer half looking left, on a cream wall

"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT."
- Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart

In pictures: Photos show London Victoria railway station in 1973 A trip down memory lane to the days when a journey to Ostend was as possible as one to Orpington.

Take a (rail) trip down memory lane to 1973's London Victoria www.bbc.com/news/article...

Sign the Petition Halt the 25% Funding Cuts to Lambeth's Award-Winning Library Service

www.change.org/p/halt-the-2...

We are eager to work with researchers using our collections so we can further develop the site to support teaching, learning and research. We can help out with legacy links and bookmarks too (e.g. a metadata csv to cross-check references). Get in touch! digital.library.lse.ac.uk/about#usingT...