For centuries, trinkets have been taken from the dead to preserve memories. A lock of hair worn in a locket, swatches of fabric from a...

‘She was one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Her body was perfect in every lime, her face clear and angelic, and her blue...

It was 3.40 am on Friday, 31st August 1888, when Mrs Emily Holland was walking along Buck’s Row (now Durward Street) in Whitechapel,...