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Today in London’s judicial history: hanging Judge Jeffreys caught in Wapping pub, fleeing uprising, 1688.
George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys, was a judge, notorious for “acting as an instrument of royal policy”. Rapidly ascending through… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: Times compositors jailed for ‘conspiring’, 1810.
On December 11th 1810 nineteen journeymen compositors (typesetters) who worked on the Times newspaper were sentenced to imprisonment for conspiracy, in… READ MORE
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Today in military history: 14 pacifists acquitted of incitement to disaffect soldiers, 1975.
In 1975 14 peace activists were charged under the Incitement to Disaffection Act 1934 with conspiracy to incite disaffection. They… READ MORE
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Today in London’s bureaucratic history: Clarence Willcock refuses to show his ID card, 1952.
During both the first and second world wars the government introduced compulsory ID cards as part of their emergency measures.… READ MORE
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Today in London’s art history: Camberwell Art College occupied by students, 2010.
During the wave of occupations of universities and colleges over the winter of 2010, part of a wider movement against… READ MORE
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