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Today in London radical history, 1821: A meeting founds an Owenite Community in Clerkenwell
In the early 19th century, factory owner and social reformer Robert Owen developed a broadly Utopian utopian socialist philosophy. Owen came to… READ MORE
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Today in London policing history, 1983: Colin Roach dies in Stoke Newington Police Station
Who Killed Colin Roach? Colin Roach died of a gunshot wound he received in the foyer of Stoke Newington police… READ MORE
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Today in London radical herstory, 1611: thief, performer, libertine, fence Moll Cutpurse arrested, for cross-dressing
“Though no remarkable thing happened at her nativity, such as the flattering sooth sayers pretend in eclipses, and other the… READ MORE
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Today in London musical history, 1707: Jack Hall hung for burglary at Tyburn… But he Gets Immortalised in Song
‘Up the ladder I did grope, That’s No Joke, That’s No Joke’ (From the popular song ‘Jack Hall’ later ‘Sam… READ MORE
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Housing vs Open Space: The Wanstead Flats campaign of 1946
Infill Me… Infill Me… They’ve All got it Infill Me.. Amidst a crisis of genuinely affordable housing in London, with… READ MORE
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