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The London Traffic Light that Changed the World
A red light. A London street in Bloomsbury. A Hungarian physicist steps off the kerb and has an idea that will change the world. This is the extraord…
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The Great Diamond Job
One fabulous diamond. One audacious plan. And one of London’s most extraordinary heists.
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Two Sisters, a Fable & a Little Mirth
Tucked away on Kensington Church Walk is Fable and Mirth, a tiny cabinet of wonders created by sisters Neely and Sarita. We step inside to meet them …
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William Morris: the Revolutionary Who Made the Rich Beautiful
William Morris wanted to change the world, beautified the homes of the rich and somehow ended up on everything from nuclear submarines to egg cups.
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He Poured London in Concrete
From Kensington boy to master of concrete: the story of Sir Denys Lasdun, the man who gave London a National Theatre that one future king called a nu…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Happy 493rd Birthday, Your Majesty
It all comes down to one little letter – the letter S.T
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The Day London Dug Up a Roman Ship
In 1962, somebody dug a hole beside the Thames at Blackfriars. And London opened a trapdoor into its past. Down there, waiting beneath the city for e…
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Hampstead Invented Wellness
Hampstead was doing health and wellness when the rest of London was doing gin, smallpox and open sewers.
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The Worst Day in London’s History
September 4, 1666. London was an inferno. The fire was still advancing. This wasn't just the worst day of the Great Fire. It was the worst day in Lon…
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Four Hundred Years Hiding in Plain Sight
An ordinary London street, three names, four hundred years and one astonishing reminder that nothing in London is ever quite what it seems.
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