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Today in Publishing history: leftwing tabloid, News On Sunday, launched, 1987.
In the mid-1980s, sick of the right-wing bias of the press, a group of Uk leftwingers decided, instead of complaining… READ MORE
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Today in London rebel history: 1000s join anti-gentrification protest, Brixton, 2015
Written by a former longtime Brixton resident, now living in exile. (Its grim up North London!) It’s a long post,… READ MORE
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Today in London education history: Lewisham bridge school occupied to prevent destruction & privatisation, 2009.
On the morning of April 23rd 2009, parents of children at Lewisham Bridge Primary School, in Elmira Street, Lewisham, Southeast… READ MORE
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Today in London’s penal history: a prisoner uses quick wits to escape, 1732.
“One Brown, a Prisoner, returning from Hick’s Hall to Bridewel, passing thro’ Clerkenwell Church Yard, desir’d his Keeper to let… READ MORE
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Today in London publishing history: Act passed punishing publishers of unstamped newspapers, 1743.
The tax on newspapers was first introduced in Britain in 1712; at the same time similar taxes on the price… READ MORE
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"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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