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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?