London's May Queen

London schoolchildren wave their flags for the first official Empire Day, as soldiers parade in the playground.

Colonial recruits from Trinidad meet the Lord Mayor of London during WWI

Soldiers show off a fine crop of sprouts, grown at the Army Service Corps depot at Osterley Park in Hounslow.

Was this a lesson in how to shell out on frontline firepower?

High milk prices during WWI drive mother and child onto the street in protest

Angelic children, dressed in white and garlanded with flowers, are shown at the annual May Queen festival in Hayes Common.

Sweet-faced white-clad children march in procession to muddy Hayes Common, where the latest May Queen is crowned in a popular annual ceremony.

Charming film of cherubic children, as London’s new May Queen Bobbie Hastings enjoys a ceremonial crowning at Hayes Common.

Short film showing a parade featuring the new May Queen of London, anointed in an annual ceremony at Hayes Common.

Flowers and banners are deployed as 13-year-old Nora Rowland from Acton is crowned London’s newest May Queen for 1927.

A grand parade of gaily dressed children marches through Hayes on the way to crown the latest May Queen.

Daniel Kokotajlo talks to Nia Childs about Starve Acre, his folk horror about a couple digging deep into grief in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales.

Sky Peals director Moin Hussain and lead actor Faraz Ayub talk to Tomisin Adepeju about their magic realist drama.

Documentary exploring the BFI National Archive’s role in rediscovering and remastering the early films of Michael Powell.

Bryony Dixon, curator of silent film at the BFI national archive, explores the origins of a series of comic travelogues, and Michael Powell's involvement in making them.

Discover why Dan George of Northumbria University believes everyone should experience Oldboy at least once.

Trixie Parkin-Christie of Northumbria University offers fresh insight into why Wings of Desire remains essential viewing.