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Heading into the Lions’ Den

JOSH H — Fri, 10 Dec 2021 16:46:56 +0000

The set of rules for Millwall fans in 1919 couldn't be applied now...or could they? It was a different world when the club was first formed by a group of workmen champing at the bit to let off steam.

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Scandalous London

JOSH H — Sun, 18 Jul 2021 16:18:30 +0000

The Premier and the Prostitutes: The Prime Minister regularly slips out incognito at night from Downing Street and cruises the London streets looking for prostitutes. The dream headline and intro for any hardened hack. Unfortunately, trackers of this piece of dirt would be more than one hundred years too late – the PM was the […]

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Three religions under one roof

JOSH H — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:26:22 +0000

As the world holds its breath over the latest Middle Eastern conflict, it’s comforting to think that in London’s East End, three religions traditionally normally associated as being at loggerheads with each other have peacefully evolved over three centuries in one building.

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Shopping London

JOSH H — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:20:32 +0000

Do you suppose henpecked husbands hundreds of years ago were also reluctant shoppers?

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Refugees’ London

JOSH H — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 16:09:52 +0000

The thousands of Afghans fleeing their homeland to begin new lives in Britain are just the latest wave of refugees finding safe haven on these shores.

Take a look at our island story and you’ll see throughout history we’ve sheltered…

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Dickens’ London

JOSH H — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:53:23 +0000

Charles Dickens, one of our greatest authors, had a huge, real-life canvas to draw on when he created his novels; the London that cropped up in so many of his writings was growing apace as the Industrial Revolution took hold.

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A Bargeman’s Blunder Remembered

JOSH H — Mon, 05 Jul 2021 15:48:34 +0000

Who’d have thought that a stupid mistake way back in Roman times would be brought back to life in the hustle and bustle of today’s South London?

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Westminster Abbey Crucifixion Statue

JOSH H — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:45:17 +0000

A bit of religious London hidden in plain sight. I nipped into the College Garden at Westminster Abbey at the beginning of last year when the world had no idea of our battle to come and re-discovered this beautiful life-size bronze sculpture.

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Royal London

JOSH H — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 10:05:03 +0000

Royalty has left its mark and influence on London in a big way and not just by the obvious landmarks and events.

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Law Courts

JOSH H — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 09:59:33 +0000

And now for some interesting snippets about London’s Royal Courts of Justice. So let me tell you about Room 666, which so spooked building managers that they ordered professional cleaners to scrub the number off the stonework – to no avail.

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