Tom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House 1821

Tom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House 1821Tom and Jerry larking at a Masquerade Supper at the Opera House. One of 36 scenes from real life, designed and etched by I. R. and G. Cruikshank in the book: Life in London: or, the day and night scenes of Jerry Hawthorn, Esq., and his elegant friend Corinthian Tom, accompanied by Bob Logic, the Oxonian, in their rambles and sprees through the Metropolis.

Westminster Abbey can be seen on the background and on the extreme right is part of Victoria Embankment with new St Stephen's Club

In describing the frequency and the scale of revolts by subject peoples against slavery and foreign domination - and the brutality used in crushing them - Peter Fryer exposes the true history of colonialism

The City from Bankside

A Thames waterman in brown uniform is about to ferry passengers across to Lambeth

This composite image combines all four separate sections of the Panorama

Trafalgar Square

King George V opened Australia House

A century after the Industrial Revolution began

This wooden pirate ship encourages imagination

Queen Street Place

General view of the park with the north east corner of the Serpentine in the Summer

John's Smith Sq