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“In consequence of an advertisement which was placarded throughout the metropolis, stating that a meeting of manufacturers, artisans, etc., would… READ MORE
As we have related a number of times on this blog already (here, and here), the silkweavers of Spitalfields and… READ MORE
For centuries Plumstead Common belonged to the Provost and Scholars of Queens College, Oxford. Freehold tenants had enjoyed rights of… READ MORE
The St Giles Rookery, was one of central London’s most notorious slums for centuries, a harbour for rebels & criminals:… READ MORE
For 100s of years Newgate Prison was the most potent symbol and reality of state repression in London, the ultimate… READ MORE
“The Duke of Bedford… has stopped up the road from Southampton-row to Somers-Town. This, though called a private road, and… READ MORE
The branches of protestant Christianity generally lumped together and described (particularly when discussing the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Britain)… READ MORE
On September 26th 1969 a mini-riot broke out among pupils at Philip Magnus School, Clerkenwell, after they had got into… READ MORE
Upon their arrival in the English capital, delegates were set the ‘psychogeographical’ task of locating the British Sailors Society, where… READ MORE
As we wrote in a previous post, the satirical magazine, the Craftsman, opposed to the corrupt regime of prime minster… 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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