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The underground club where forbidden love flourished

In 1930s London, a network of secret underground clubs broke the law to allow gay men to be their true selves, at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

One such club was The Caravan, described as 'London's greatest bohemian rendezvous'. When it was eventually raided by the police in 1934, an incredible love letter was discovered that gives us a unique insight into queer culture at the time.

Find out more in The National Archives' With Love exhibition.