John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, was a leading aristocratic politician of the mid-late eighteenth century – successively Postmaster General, First Lord of… READ MORE
It’s the question every Londoner should know the answer to – what number bus route runs from Tower Hill, via… READ MORE
In 2000, the latest of Britain’s (sadly, somewhat occasional) flirtations with republicanism found a brief expression in the Movement Against… READ MORE
Copper: “How long are you going to be here?” Brian Haw: “As long as it takes!” (June 2nd, 2001) In… READ MORE
After the second world war, pre-war fascist leader Oswald Mosley, freed from his wartime prison, tried to rebuild the fascist… READ MORE
Rosa May Billinghurst (1875-1953) was born and raised in Lewisham, London. As a child, she contracted an illness which left… READ MORE
“Almost into every Company he Cometh he perswades men to Atheisme, willing them not to be afeard of bugbeares and hobgoblins,… READ MORE
As mentioned on before on this blog, late-19th and early 20th century London was home to a bustling community of exiles from… READ MORE
“There is lately a very vile booke dispersed abroad, called Killinge noe murder. The scope is, to stirre up men to… READ MORE
In his day he became the most famous name in England, and he remained a folk-hero to the poor for… 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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