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On this day in 1952 Agatha Christie’s play “The Mousetrap” opened in London at the Ambassadors Theatre and has played at the St Martin’s Theatre since 1973. In 1954 she […]
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Like all displays of objects from Ancient Egypt, the British Museum’s collection is biased towards funerary objects, as these are what have survived best. This is partly due to an […]
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Today Danson House in the London Borough of Bexley is home to a rather wonderful tea room and provides a stunning venue for weddings, but it was built on the […]
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If you’ve ever had lunch in one of the excellent restaurants or the interesting street food stalls in Exmouth Market, you might wonder how the street got its name. After […]
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Lime Street does not have much of historical interest today. It is dominated by two pieces of well-known modern architecture: the Lloyd’s Building, designed by Richard Rogers, and the Willis […]
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Nahum Tate is hardly a household name, but he wrote one of our oldest and most popular Christmas carols. Tate was born in Dublin in 1652, moved to London and […]
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