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Today in festive history: it’s St John’s Eve – for bonfires, drink, dancing and dreams…
When the sun sets on 23 June, Saint John’s Eve, is the eve of celebration before the Feast Day of Saint John… READ MORE
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Today in cosmic history: Association of Autonomous Astronauts conference lifts off, 1999,
“The days of this society are numbered. Its reasons and its merits have been weighed in the balance and found… READ MORE
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Today in London’s radical history: Wat Tyler killed as the Peasants’ Revolt begins to unravel, 1381.
The 1381 Peasants Revolt remains one of the most cataclysmic and inspiring events in British history. While in the immediate… READ MORE
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Today in London’s penal history: Daniel Malden escapes Newgate for the second time, 1736.
DANIEL MALDEN was a prison-breaker, who emulating the exploits of jack Sheppard, twice escaped the condemned cell in Newgate Prison… READ MORE
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Today in London’s anti-war history: women’s rally against the Boer War, 1900
Although she was a British citizen, Emily Hobhouse was later awarded an honorary South African citizenship because of her courageous… READ MORE
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