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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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Today in London’s murderous policing history: Wayne Douglas dies in Brixton police station, 1995.
Brixton’s long history of police harassment and violence against its black residents has included several deaths in custody, or police… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: crowd prevent the burning of the North Briton, 1763
“Well! but we have had a prodigious riot: are not you impatient to know the particulars? It was so prodigious a… READ MORE
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Today in London’s housing history: squatters evicted from Cleveland Street, Fitzrovia, 1976
In the whirlwind of the housing, development and gentrification crisis currently gripping London, it’s always worth reminding ourselves that this… READ MORE
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Today in London radical history: Spa Fields reform demo erupts into uprising, 1816.
“In consequence of an advertisement which was placarded throughout the metropolis, stating that a meeting of manufacturers, artisans, etc., would… READ MORE
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