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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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  • Guy's Hospital, London, England: a tower block under construction. Photograph by H. Windsley, 1972.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services : an easy guide / Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Hamlets HIV/AIDS services / Dorothy Mukasa, HIV/AIDS Development Officer, Tower Hamlets Social Services Strategy Group.
  • Tower Records and Mercury Communications present Counter Revolution : a 24 hour charity event : on 1st December come to Tower Records, Piccadilly and help support World AIDS Day.
  • The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the main facade. Wood engraving by W. E. Hodgkin after D. R. Warry, 1872.
  • The Charity School, or National School, Kensington High Street. Engraving.
  • The British Museum at Montague House: the entrance tower, seen from the courtyard. Wood engraving by C. D. Laing, 1844.
  • The beheading of Christopher Love on Tower Hill, London, in 1651. Engraving with etching and letterpress.
  • The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London: the street facade of the Jubilee wing. Process print after R.S. Ayling, 1890.
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