In 1753, Sir Hans Sloane bequeathed the British Museum’s founding collection to the nation. A physician and naturalist, Sloane had… READ MORE
On 2nd November, 1957, the New Statesman published an article by J. B. Priestley entitled Russia, the Atom and the… READ MORE
Hackney: a demo against racist immigration controls, and for the freedom of movement for migrants, took place on April 2nd,… READ MORE
In April 2009, the G20 group, the leaders of 20 of the most economically powerful nations met in London. On… READ MORE
Joe Jacobs was born in 1913 in the East End of London. He lived and worked in London and was… READ MORE
On 28th March 1980, a queue of mostly black people queueing to see a film outside the Odeon cinema in… READ MORE
In March 1771, Lord Mayor of London, Brass Crosby, was jailed in the Tower of London, after sanctioning the arrest… READ MORE
“The March of the Women” was a song composed by Ethel Smyth in 1910, to words by Cicely Hamilton. It… READ MORE
In the early 1890s, Peckham, South London, had an active anarchist group, part of quite a boisterous and prominent anarchist… 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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