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In 1988, the rusty remains of an engineering experiment were found buried at the bottom of a lift shaft at Holloway Road station. Laura Sleath explores more about this engineering wonder ahead of its time.

David Bownes, co-curator of our Poster Girls exhibition, talks about one of the illustrators featured in the exhibition, Mabel Lucie Attwell.

David Bownes, Co-Curator of our exhibition Poster Girls, talks about the 'Travel Queen', 1960s designer Dorrit Dekk.

Find out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.

As part of our Museum Lates programme, volunteer Carrie Long wrote about her journey of discovery of the history of the Suffragette movement, and how we continue to campaign for equality today.

Simon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.

Discover why a small item in our collection became more than just a model to display in our new Digging Deeper gallery, but an important piece of tunnelling history.

Did you know that we have a 'pirate' bus in our collection? Find out more about the Chocolate Express bus on display at the Museum Depot, and why it is known as a pirate bus from the 1920s.