Female Husbands Facing The Law
Catherine de Guise looks at the lives of two female husbands in eighteenth century England. These were people who were assigned female at birth who lived as men and married women.
The suffragettes at Bow Street: What was it like?
Catherine de Guise looks at the suffragettes’ time at Bow Street — from their arrest, to their trial and departure for prison. Bow Street for them was a place of fear and anxiety but also one of unity, pride and passion for the cause.
Real Stage Tragedy
Jon Short, Research Volunteer at Bow Street Police Museum, uncovers two theatrical tales of woe and misadventure. When accidents happen and Bow Street Officers investigate, how can the show go on?
Men’s Fashion (and Thievery) in Nineteenth-Century London
Summer Anne Lee, Fashion Historian and Research Volunteer at Bow Street Police Museum, brings to light tales of men’s fashion and theft in 1800s London. They say that clothes make the man — but what if the man’s clothes were stolen, and it’s nineteenth-century London?
Bow Street and Boxing
Boxing has always divided opinion on whether it is a demonstration of physical discipline or simple brutal violence and the legality of some contests put on for entertainment purposes was questionable.
Bloomers On Bow Street: Dress Reformers Arrested in Victorian London
Summer Anne Lee, Fashion Historian and Research Volunteer at Bow Street Police Museum, explains how women wearing the ‘Bloomer Costume’ in Victorian London attracted police attention.
Murder at the Adelphi
Discover more about the untimely end of one of the stars of the West End, how Bow Street officers responded, and the lasting legacy of a theatrical ghost.
Criminals in Crinolines: Fashion in London, 1800-1860s
Summer Anne Lee, Fashion Historian and Research Volunteer at Bow Street Police Museum, explains how the Victorian fashion trend for large crinolines intersected with London crime.
Shattering Suffrage
Our research volunteer Jack shares his work on Women’s Suffrage, and specifically the WSPU’s window smashing campaign of 1912.
Eighteenth-Century Fashion Police in Covent Garden
Summer Anne Lee, Fashion Historian and Research Volunteer at Bow Street Police Museum, breaks down fashion and fashion-related crimes in 18th-century London.