On 15 June, 1974, Kevin Gately, an anti-fascist demonstrator and student at Warwick University, was killed during a demonstration in… READ MORE
No Through Road? This is a brief introduction to some of the social engineering involved in the building of three… READ MORE
Until the 1800s, for centuries, the youth of the North Kentish villages of Wickham and Keston (now suburbs of south… READ MORE
In the eighteenth century, Garratt was a tiny village in the fields between Wandsworth and Tooting, now part of South… READ MORE
In 1973 a campaign began in order to stop 2 oil refineries being built on Canvey Island. It was to… READ MORE
On May 16th 1751, a group of local residents climbed over the wall into Richmond Park, to carry out the… READ MORE
“A street part is in full swing. 1000s of people have reclaimed a major road and declared it a ‘street… READ MORE
The turbulent career of John Wilkes, demagogue, rakish hellraiser, sometime reformer (and eventual pillar of the establishment), through the 1760s… READ MORE
“This day the hatters struck, and refused to work till their wages are raised…” (Annual Register, 9th May 1768) This… READ MORE
Osterley Park, West London, used to be the grounds of a large country house, built here for Sir Thomas Gresham… READ MORE
"People ask me what I do in the winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring."
~ Rogers Hornsby
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