Perhaps one of the most striking objects in the new museum displays is a very early sketch of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament logo. It’s a privilege to get up close to something in the making that is now recognisable the world over. But here you can see the artist working …

Probably the best known object in the British Museum collection related to the campaign for Women’s Suffrage is this defaced penny coin, with the now famous strapline demanding VOTES FOR WOMEN stamped across King Edward VII’s face …