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Today in London’s theatrical history: playing Bottom on a Sunday gets Mr Wilson into trouble, 1631.
The branches of protestant Christianity generally lumped together and described (particularly when discussing the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in Britain)… READ MORE
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Today in London’s rebel history: ruckus at a Clerkenwell school ends in arrests, 1969.
On September 26th 1969 a mini-riot broke out among pupils at Philip Magnus School, Clerkenwell, after they had got into… READ MORE
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Today in London’s psychogeographical history: Situationist International‘s fourth conference opens, Limehouse, 1960.
Upon their arrival in the English capital, delegates were set the ‘psychogeographical’ task of locating the British Sailors Society, where… READ MORE
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Today in London’s history: Nicholas Amhurst nicked for writing seditious libels in the ‘Craftsman’, 1737.
As we wrote in a previous post, the satirical magazine, the Craftsman, opposed to the corrupt regime of prime minster… READ MORE
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Today in London’s rebel history: Jane Housden & William Johnson hanged, 1714, for killing Spurling, a screw.
Sometimes, open defiance is the only option. And even if they see you, you might as well deny it. “WILLIAM… READ MORE
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