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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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Parks and politics in Brixton’s past and present

Gentrification is creeping along Railton Road, but racial inequality still lingers in memories of the 1980s, and in the continuing lack of green-space access.

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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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The tradesman who confronted the pestilence

The City of London, 1665. As the Great Plague hits the capital, John New faces a deadly dilemma.

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  • St Christopher's Church, the Bank of England, and St Bartholomew the Great, London: the western entrance, with a woman walking through. Engraving by J. Jackson after J. W. Archer.
  • Introducing East West Natural Foods : 196 Old Street, London EC1 : offering simple wholesome food.
  • Do you live in West London? : Are you affected by HIVand AIDS? / Ki-Rin West London HIV Centre.
  • Do you live in West London? : Are you affected by HIVand AIDS? / Ki-Rin West London HIV Centre.
  • Do you live in West London? : Are you affected by HIVand AIDS? / Ki-Rin West London HIV Centre.
  • Upton House, West Ham; birthplace of Joseph Lister. Watercolour partly after a photograph, partly after a sketch by Mary Lister, 1920/1940.
  • A changeling child : to be seen next door to the Black Raven, in West Smithfield, during the time of the FAIR, being a living skeleton, taken by a Venetian Galley, from a Turkish vessel in the archipelago ...
  • Free fast HIV test for gay & bisexual men : no appointment necessary ... / West London Gay Men's Project.
  • Free fast HIV test for gay & bisexual men : no appointment necessary ... / West London Gay Men's Project.
  • Ki-Rin West London HIV centre : 11A King Street, Southall, Middlesex UB2 4DF ...
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