“One stifling August morning, while the [transport workers’] strike was at its height, the women workers in a large confectionery… READ MORE
“You are so busied with the great affaires of the kingdome (as you call it) that you can find no… READ MORE
The groundbreaking political ideas thrown up in the english civil war – including the Levellers, Diggers, Ranters, fifth monarchism, and… READ MORE
From the Middle Ages, London’s then ‘Northeast Suburbs’, Spitalfields, Bishopsgate and Shoreditch, were well known for industry, which was able… READ MORE
The State Visit to London of King Paul and Queen Frederica of the Hellenes, between 9 and 12 July 1963,… READ MORE
On 5 July 1909, the imprisoned suffragette Marion Wallace Dunlop, a sculptor and illustrator, went on hunger strike; pretty much inventing… READ MORE
Britain’s central role in the global slave trade is well known. For over 300 years, the abduction of millions of… READ MORE
Eighteenth century Londoners, especially the ‘poorer sort’, had, like many communities before and since, a keen eye for when they… READ MORE
When the sun sets on 23 June, Saint John’s Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of Saint John… 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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