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A small churchyard in a quiet corner of Clapham has a largely forgotten and sad part in Britain’s black colonial history. Zachary Macaulay was one of the leading members of […]

Greenwich Peninsula is the fastest growing area in London and is home to the O2, Emirates Airline, and the Thames Barrier. Back in the C16th the peninsula was drained by […]

Locating Bloomsbury Bloomsbury is a historic district nestled within a quadrangle of notable streets in London. Its western limit is marked by Tottenham Court Road, while Southampton Row defines the […]

George Frideric Handel: A Musical Legend in London In the rich history of music, few names shine as brightly as George Frideric Handel. A composer of immense talent and charisma, […]

When it’s a school founded by a Tudor king. In the Middle Ages a hospital was not what we think of today. The word has the same origins as hospitality […]

Jimmy Hendrix, rock icon, lived in Brook Street, Mayfair in the 1960s. It served a few purposes for him at the time in that it was a fairly commercial place, […]

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