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Have you heard about the new UK exclusive Scooby-Doo 50th anniversary collectible coin from Westminster? Check it out here: https://t.co/KMwBcTFcxe

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2020-01-09

So...who’s next?

2020 begins with ’s guide to Westminster: ‘Haven’t You Heard? Gossip, Power and How Politics Really Works’ ().

Start the year with a reality check by joining the author at her favourite corner table with this January.

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2020-01-02

This weekend it was launch party for the exhibition 'Pictures at Play', featuring amazing art from and
👏😍
You can see the exhibition until 4th Jan at the Westminster Reference Library.
https://t.co/FlELGZeHn7

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2019-12-17

On this day in 1784, Samuel Johnson died aged 75. He was born in Lichfield, but lived most of his life in London - he is buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey next to his former student, and dear friend, David Garrick.

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2019-12-13

Yeah, I was in the midst of editing my 1879 (the number, not the date) London photos [I went mad in Tate Britain, at Westminster Palace, and at the Wallace Collection.]!

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2019-11-30

The mural of The Coronation of St Edward the Confessor for the Painted Chamber in Westminster was thankfully recorded by C.A Stothard in 1819. Created for Henry III's bedchamber in the 1260's. The state bed stood before this image to create a spiritual link to The Confessor.

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2019-11-21

Westminster Costumes.

✍🏼 By Bob Moran

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2019-10-31

George II, King of Great Britain and Ireland from 22 June 1727 until his death in 1760.

He is the last monarch to be buried in Westminster Abbey, with the sides of his and his wife's coffins removed at his request so that they could be together in death.

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2019-10-25

in 1834 the Palace of Westminster burnt down in a fire caused by the burning of tally sticks, which were medieval tax receipts, in the furnaces below the . Great efforts were made to save Westminster Hall. Read more about it: https://t.co/O7SA1Wwq2i

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2019-10-16

Some parts of the building survived the fire, including Westminster Hall, the Undercroft Chapel and the Cloisters of St Stephen's. These were incorporated into the new Palace of Westminster, designed by Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin, and built between 1839 and 1870. 3/3

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2019-10-16

PG Wodehouse *finally* gets honored with a memorial stone at Westminster Abbey.

https://t.co/GXgtUuEAUv

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2019-09-21

A pupil prays at a vigil for victims of the Christchurch massacre.
Metro, 19.3.19.
Getty Images.

Hand-stitched newspaper to tea towel.

Are We All Sitting Comfortably? Section 2.

On display at Westminster Reference Library, 8-14th Oct

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2019-09-20

Did you know on this day in 1886 Fred Archer landed his sixth and final St Leger on the Duke of Westminster’s horse Ormonde to complete the Triple Crown. The Triple Crown consists of the Newmarket 2,000 Guineas Stakes, The Epsom Derby and the Doncaster St Leger Stakes.

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2019-09-15

In honour of the anniversary of the death of Charles James Fox, 1806, another chance to read 's blog on the 1788 election:
https://t.co/q6EYOJBT8k

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2019-09-13

John Blanke was a 16C black trumpeter in the royal courts. John is thought to be shown here in the Westminster Tournament Roll - a 60ft long illustrated manuscript of Henry VIII’s extravagant pageant held to mark the birth of his male child

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2019-08-05