History and Society
Our programme includes a diverse collection of walking tours through the city, and examinations of the past and present of the city and its people.
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History & Society programme
Activities in History and Society
Walking Tour - The History of Spitalfields
In-personA History of the English Language
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From Suffragettes to Feminists
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An Introduction to LGBTQ+ Literature
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Unreal City: London in Literature, from 1800 to Today
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Archive Tour - LGBTQ+ Collections
In-personActivists Who Changed the East End
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The Story of the Port of London
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50 Years of the Gay Liberation Front
In-personQueer Musical Theatre
OnlineWelcome to the East End (1880s-1970s)
In-personArchive Tour - UK Leather and Fetish Archives
In-personA Cultural History of AIDS
OnlineThe London Voice
OnlineWalking Tour - Public Art in the City of London
In-personA Short History of Twentieth-Century London
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An Introduction to Charles Booth's London
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Welcome Back to London (1830s-1960s)
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Walking Tour - The Battle of Cable Street
In-personThe Language of Food
OnlineLondon in Documentaries
In-person–
Liberation Fronts: Kell w Farshéa
In-personBorderlines of Madness in 19th-Century Fiction
In-personLondon's Punk History
In-personEtymology: Where Words Come From
OnlineLanguage and the First World War
OnlineArchive Tour - London Collections
In-personWalking Tour - Architecture in the City of London
In-personThe Language of Sport
OnlineWalking Tour - The Battle of Brick Lane
In-personTeen London (1880s-1970s)
In-personThe London Voice
In-personLondon on a Sunday
In-personOut and About! LGBTQ+ history exhibition at the Barbican
In-person28 February - 22 March
