Stories
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Building a dream in the garden suburbs
In the late 19th century a ‘garden suburb’ promised a retreat from London’s dirt and crowds. See how this new concept was developed to appeal to the health concerns of the literary classes.
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Coasting to catastrophe
In climate change, everything – and everyone – is connected. The watery process that will gradually cut off the Isle of Thanet from the British mainland has begun, and everyone in the UK needs to pay attention.
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How to rehabilitate the concrete jungle
A huge concrete housing estate from the 1960s, now seen as an ecological mistake, is being drastically redeveloped, compounding the environmental errors. Owen Hatherley posits a more creative solution.
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Rediscovering a love of the game
Sexism and homophobia in football prompted Lara Goodwin to stop playing the sport at 19. Today, while discrimination in the game is still rife, Lara has found hope – and like-minded players – in an inclusive east London club.
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The use and excellency of the Church catechism. Being an essay very proper to be given by ministers to their parishioners, parents to their children, masters to their servants, and school-masters to their scholars. By a minister of the Church of England.
Gaynam, J.Date: 1709- Pictures
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Roger Bacon: the tower known as Roger Bacon's study, Oxford. Coloured line engraving by M.A. Rooker, ca. 1780.
Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1746-1801.Date: 1780Reference: 698i- Books
Everyday life in medieval London : from the Anglo-Saxons to the Tudors / Toni Mount.
Mount, ToniDate: 2014- Books
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Gregory's album of London views / C.R. Gregory & Co.
Date: [between 1890 and 1899?]- Ephemera
Welcome to the London 2012 Olympic Games : fencer and Tower Bridge / issued by Royal Mail Group Ltd.
Date: 2012