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#tbt Squatters at St Agnes Place London SE11 Taken by Peter Dunne for @thetimes #otd 06.11.1975 #squatters #londonproperty #housing #1970s
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Guy Fawkes day. Children with their "guy", asking for pennies for bonfire night. Taken by William Field for @thetimes on 05.11.1927 #bonfirenight #guyfawkesnight
November 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Evidence of post-war austerity measures in @thetimes.com picture library in 1945. Many wallets for glass negatives from the period are fashioned from Tate and Lyle sugar packets. #photoarchive #ukhistory #austerity #recycling #1945 #postwarbritain
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We've just received copies of the latest @thetimes.com branded book from @harpercollins.bsky.social - Lives Behind the Silver Screen- era defining #obituaries of iconic film stars. It also features many great images from our #photographicarchives
October 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New British Rail uniforms being modelled. Taken by Dave Moxey for Today Newspaper 21.03.1989 #fridayfashion @thetimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Crowds of people walk past the front of 1980's fashion retail legend, Mister Byrite. Taken by Debbie Brady for Today Newspaper 13.11.1988 #fridayfashion @thetimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:47 PM
enjoy many more superb shots from this original feature
September 11, 2025 at 9:54 AM
#tbt The Sunday Times Magazine dated 04.09.1966 featuring Audrey Hepburn on the cover. @thetimes.com
September 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Back to School in The Times in the 1920s.
@thetimes.com #BackToSchool #Harrods
tuck box
September 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Christian Dior Fashion 1969. Taken by @thetimes photographer Bradshaw 04.03.1969. #fridayfashion #fashionarchives #60sfashions
August 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#tbt Ruth Pollitt, Collection Assistant at the University of Edinburgh’s Anatomy Museum dusts the skeleton of a primate as she goes through the process of cataloguing the museum’s extensive archive. Taken by @jamesglossop for @thetimes on 28.08.2015 #otd #museums #anatomy #universityofedinburgh
August 28, 2025 at 10:47 AM
It would be wonderful if anyone recognised faces from my photo archive feature today in @thetimes.com on #NottingHill 1970 the summer carnival was cancelled. thetimes.com/uk/photograp...
#photography #WestLondon #NottingHillCarnival @desdelboy.bsky.social
August 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The archives team hosted a pop up exhibition in the canteen of our HQ today to promote the recently acquired Douglas Glass collection. Lots of interested colleagues stopped by to hear about the images.
July 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
#tbt The bombed chamber of the House of Commons undergoing demolition. Big Ben can be seen in the background. Taken by Daily Sketch photographer for @thetimes.com on this day 10.07.1945
July 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
An image used in our recent book The Times London in Photos: A History of the Nation’s Capital Through the Camera Lens. Myna and Selina pose for an Ossie Clark Fashion collection shown in Kensington, London. Taken by Peter Trievnor for @thetimes on 11.07.1973 #fridayfashion
June 27, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Gallery has done very well online today - School is a drag!
June 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
#tbt The evacuation from Dunkirk and other ports during the Battle of France. Nathiel Morris was one of the last men to leave Dunkirk as a fireman on board the 'Massey Shaw' which helped ferry survivors back home. Taken #otd 05.06.1940 by Daily Sketch photographer @thetimes
June 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Christine Jorgensen, the first transgender celebrity in the U.S., visits London. Jorgensen was a former G.I who underwent an early sex change operation to change from a man into a woman in Denmark in 1951. Taken by Stephen Markeson for @thesun 14.09.1970 #lgbtqplus #transpride🌈 #pridemonth2025🏳️‍🌈
June 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
For our #musicmonday feature on instagram-Soho residents got a shock when Peter Cook & Dudley Moore turned up to film scenes for new BBC show 'Not Only - But Also'. They brought potted palms & decorated a gentleman's convenience, adding a members only sign! Taken by Peter Trievnor @thetimes 27.11.66
June 2, 2025 at 11:23 AM
As @sufcrootshall reach the National League Promotion play-offs at Wembley we #tbt to 1946 - Players lark about in the dressing room after training. Taken by Sidney Martin for The Sunday Graphic on 31.10.1946 @timessport #theshrimpers #theblues #southend #dressingroom #1940s #1940sfootball #bnw
May 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#tbt Freddie Mills down for the last time in the tenth at the end of his bout with Gus Lesnevich at Harringay. Taken by Daily Sketch photographer #otd 15.05.1946 (Note this image was scanned from original print, see Thompson Newspapers ID glued to front) @thetimes @harpercollinsuk #boxingphotography
May 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
May 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Keep an eye out on the Times website tomorrow/sat for a new piece on the London in Photos book which was released today. Preview looked very good...
May 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Jane Fonda photo shoot at the 42nd Cannes Film Festival. She was at the Festival for the film 'Old Gringo' in which she starred with Gregory Peck. Taken by Mike Lawn for Today Newspapers on 01/05/1989 We are currently carrying out a scanning project of our Today Newspapers colour image collection.
May 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Look what has arrived in the post - not long now! Released on May 8th The Times London in Photos @thetimes.com @londonist.com timesbookshop.co.uk/the-times-lo... #photography #London
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM