In the 1990s, Church street, Stoke Newington, used to host a midsummer fair, every year in early June. The whole… READ MORE
“The Kings Bench Prison burnt, with the houses adjoining, after being previously evacuated by the prisoners, who were allowed to… READ MORE
TONIGHT WE’RE GONNA PARTY LIKE IT’S NINETEEN NINETY EIGHT… An account of the Brixton Reclaim the Streets Party, 6th June… READ MORE
Some actions are just a stroke of genius. In a brilliant action, at 2:30 yesterday, Saturday 27th May, activists from… READ MORE
The Southeast London ‘suburb’ of Thamesmead was built on land once forming about 1,000 acres of the old Royal Arsenal site that… READ MORE
On 23rd May 1906, Mrs Dora Montefiore barricaded her home, at no 32 Upper Mall, Hammersmith, against the threat of… READ MORE
In 1881 the assassination of the Russian Tsar Alexander II, and the wave of anti-semitic pogroms that followed it, forced… READ MORE
In the 1760s, the silk weavers of Spitalfields and Bethnal Green were engaged in a protracted multi-fronted struggle, sparked by… READ MORE
On the repression of a radical rally, the killing of a policeman, and the inquest verdict… with a digression to… READ MORE
When World War 1 came to an end, in November 1918, there were millions of men in uniform across Europe.… 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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