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“I believe that everyone ought, in duty, to do any good they can.”
The man who saved children: Thomas Coram, English sea captain, philanthropist & founder of London’s Foundling Hospital, world’s first incorporated charity; died 1751.

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2021-03-29

This week's theme is Our local hero is Thomas Coram! After 17 years of campaigning he finally received a Royal Charter in 1739 enabling him to establish his Foundling Hospital to care for and educate some of London’s most vulnerable citizens.

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2021-03-24

Revenant Issue 2 (Digital)
Two killers hunt for London’s most notorious monster continues!
Get your copy here -> https://t.co/bBeT5AU3oK

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2021-03-02

Best of the Week:

There are plans to reinvent London’s Oxford Street as the “greenest, smartest, most sustainable” district of its kind.

You can find out more here: https://t.co/uzRZryav0S

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2021-02-26

This is ‘Bathing’ by Duncan Grant, 1911. It's inspired by Michelangelo’s male nudes and summers spent at the Serpentine in Hyde Park, which was associated with London’s gay culture. 🌈
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​​Explore our piece ‘A Queer Walk Through British Art’ for more. https://t.co/4lRyVlk6vx

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2021-02-19

He exhibited regularly in one man shows from 1949-56. The Entombment (nd), Landscape near Kingston, Jamaica (1950), Horseguards in their Dressing Rooms at Whitehall (1953) & London’s River (1951)

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2021-01-18

Morning from NatWest Tower, then London’s tallest building, under construction in 1977

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2021-01-15

The story of the silk and gold clad woman buried in London’s Spitalfields 1,600 years ago.
https://t.co/sefuOt0zlB

An artist's reconstruction of the burial of the Spitalfields Roman woman

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2020-12-16

Archaeologists try to identify silk and gold clad woman buried in Spitalfields 1,600 years ago. https://t.co/5XJXh8DAA6

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2020-12-16

In 1888 many grim grimy chimney sweeps were grimly shocked on London’s rooftops by “Springheeled Jumping Jack”, the supernatural flasher, who asked if they were feeling “...as lucky as lucky could be?” & if so, would they care to share by giving him a kiss & rubbing off the soot?

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2020-12-08

An illustration to the Shangri Ramayana, chosen by Chelsea Petitt for Asian Art in London’s "Curated By" project. Available from Rob Dean Art.

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2020-12-03

In the wake of Mondatta's death, London’s omnics brace themselves for battle while Tracer tries to make sense of her role in the coming conflict.

Accelerate into TRACER-LONDON CALLING issue 3, a brand-new comic from .

📖 : https://t.co/gaUsGvAplp

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2020-12-01

So ferocious was his reputation and so wary of his tenacity were the British that London’s publications frequently lampooned their own (often unsuccessful) efforts to rein in Tipu Sultan, as this - somewhat obscene - caricature illustrates.

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2020-11-21

We sat down with London’s to have an hour long conversation detailing the superjazzclub story. The past the present and the future. Love this ❤️

Read via link below https://t.co/L7dg4XLRVk

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2020-11-16

West End came to life in the late 19th century, its glamorous attractions illuminated by innovations in electric light. The night, once associated with peril and danger, was reclaimed for leisure. https://t.co/RCEvIzXqbX

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2020-11-13

Estate Of Mind is a personal project I’ve been working on in an effort to portrait the many faces that make up London’s council estates.

Thank you for welcoming my camera and I into her home.

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2020-11-01

The 18th century was hot heyday in London’s coffeehouse culture, where the beverages were a catalyst for culture, politics & passions. Served spiced with cinnamon, sugar, vanilla, chilli, rosewater, honey, pepper, jasmine or even ambergris (🤢)

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2020-10-26

Delighted ‘Water Boy’ monotype has been selected for ING Discerning Eye.. the annual exhibition, usually at London’s will be launching on line this year on 19th November

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2020-10-23

My winning artwork of Scottish Wild Cat for competition.
This and 200+ other pieces will be exhibited at gallery on London’s South Bank 11-22 November

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2020-10-13