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It's All a Bit Heath Robinson
William Heath Robinson remains one of Britain’s best-loved illustrators and has embedded himself into English vernacular, inspiring the phrase ‘it’s all a bit Heath Robinson’ to …
Knitting for Tommy
During the First World War a knitting craze swept across Britain, as women everywhere wanted to ‘kit out’ their Tommies with socks, mittens, balaclavas, vests, jumpers and all …
Royal Coronations
An exploration of coronations from before the time of William the Conqueror through to Elizabeth II’s glorious coronation in 1953. The monarchy has made many concessions to the …
Goodbye, Old Man
For the first half of the twentieth century, the artist Fortunino Matania captured some of the world’s most memorable and iconic moments. From the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 to …
A Better 'Ole
The much-loved Captain Bruce Bairnsfather was the most popular cartoonist of the First World War, who captured the spirit and stoicism of the typical British Tommy in his cartoons …
Holidays and High Society
In the nineteenth century, the phenomenon of 'going abroad' was born. Beautiful Mediterranean towns, the luxurious spas of Mittel-Europe and the golf courses of France became the …
Debutantes and the London Season
Exploring a lost world of glamour and privilege: that of the Debutante. Until the middle of the last century, London’s social calendar was dominated by ‘the Season’, a round of …