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The Devil’s Chaplain The ‘Reverend’ Robert Taylor, a former Church of England clergyman, blended ultra-radical politics with a fierce opposition… READ MORE
Compositors (type-setters) working on London newspapers were locked out by employers in January and February 1911, after demanding a 48… READ MORE
Ranulf Flambard was hardly a radical. But he was the first to be jailed in, and the first to escape… READ MORE
A mutiny among army units stationed in London began on February 1st 1660, at St James’s, who refused to leave… READ MORE
The 1814 Frost Fair “Skittles was played by several parties, and the drinking tents were filled by females and their… READ MORE
Maybe not exackerly radical, but… allus good to see the blue lobsters make fools of themselves… 30th January 1969: The… READ MORE
The Beggar’s Opera was a three act ballad opera written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann… READ MORE
19-year-old Derek Bentley was executed at Wandsworth Prison on 28 January 1953 for the murder of PC Sidney Miles, despite… READ MORE
“This court is in judgment and conscience satisfied that he (the said Charles Stuart) is guilty of levying war against… 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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