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Sarah Remond and Claudia Jones: Black Women You Should Know About

January 7, 2021

The final part of this series! Two women of formidable energy and innovation, who dedicated their lives to achieving gender and racial equality and helping those less fortunate than themselves. … More Sarah Remond and Claudia Jones: Black Women You Should Know About

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3 Reasons Why Christmas was Insane in the Tudor Period

December 25, 2020

We think Christmas can get crazy in 2020? Well, let’s look at how the Tudors did it!
Mythical meats, sugar banquets, Bean Kings, and Boy Bishops – that about sums it up! … More 3 Reasons Why Christmas was Insane in the Tudor Period

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Kathleen Easmon and Florence Mills: Black Women You Should Know About

December 1, 2020

Two weeks after I promised but it’s here! This time we’re looking at two women who were contemporaries but likely never met. Both creative and inspirational women of the 1920s. … More Kathleen Easmon and Florence Mills: Black Women You Should Know About

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Old, New, and Wonderful: Spitalfields

November 5, 2020

Finding something old, something new, and something wonderful in this fantastic corner of East London.
Think of it as basically a mini self-guided tour, plus ideas for where to eat, which you can enjoy next time you’re in the area! … More Old, New, and Wonderful: Spitalfields

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Mary Fillis and Dido Belle: Black Women You Should Know About

October 31, 2020

First of three blog posts featuring Black women who have lived in London over the centuries.
Part one looks at Mary Fillis, a sixteenth century servant, and Dido Elizabeth Belle, an aristocrat in the eighteenth century. … More Mary Fillis and Dido Belle: Black Women You Should Know About

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Memoirs of a Londoner: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

October 16, 2020

Recounting the story of one Britain’s most famous composers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Samuel Coleridge-Taylor was a Croydon local, who went on to study at the Royal College of Music, visited the White House, and conducted his pieces to huge audiences at the Royal Albert Hall. … More Memoirs of a Londoner: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

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5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Bloomsbury

September 11, 2020

Amazing women, dystopian strongholds, and aristocratic estates – a few quirky facts with which to impressive your friends and family next time you’re in Bloomsbury. … More 5 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Bloomsbury

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Noor Inayat Khan

July 30, 2020

Noor Inayat Khan was a British secret agent during the Second World War. She went into Nazi-occupied France as a radio operator. These operatives, on average, had a life expectancy of only six weeks. Noor managed seventeen. … More Noor Inayat Khan

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The Bells of London Town

July 11, 2020

On this day (11th July) in 1859, Big Ben rang for the first time because (spoiler alert!) Big Ben is a bell not a tower. I used this anniversary moment to shine a light on some of London’s most exciting bells. … More The Bells of London Town

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Memoirs of a Londoner: Olive Morris

June 26, 2020

It was only today that I learned of the existence of Olive Morris. A campaigner and activist, a radical Black feminist, an inspiring young woman, who fought for racial and social equality in South London in the 1960s and ’70s.
Today would have been her 68th birthday. … More Memoirs of a Londoner: Olive Morris

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