On 7 April 1984, there was a series of racist attacks in the Upton Park and Forest Gate areas of Newham,… READ MORE
“The reason given for this outrage… is that it deprived many persons in that branch from being employed.” In Limehouse,… READ MORE
As we have remarked on before on this blog, late-19th century London was home to a bustling community of exiles… READ MORE
In March 1981, the Sunday Times carried an article which indicated that there were suggested preparations for a military coup… READ MORE
Lecturers at London metropolitan University went on strike strike on Thursday May 7th 2009, as part of a campaign against… READ MORE
In the 1920s and ’30s, the Metropolitan Borough of Bermondsey, in South London, was controlled by a leftwing Labour party… READ MORE
The Daily Mail first vomits its bile into the world, 1896. We really couldn’t do better than to repost this,… READ MORE
The Chartist movement collected three great petitions for reform of the voting system, to be handed into Parliament. The second… READ MORE
May Day has a long history. Although since 1889 it has been celebrated as International Workers Day, celebration on the… READ MORE
Denied the right to hunt game in the forests of the rich; driven from enclosed land to the margins and… 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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