The Boundaries of Bow How far do the boundaries of Bow extend? Standing in Hackney Wick a few days ago I realised that I didn’t know whether I was in Hackney or Tower Hamlets, so
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Category: History
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Do you collect things?
This summer the V&A East project will be creating a new exhibition at the Lansbury Micro Museum (Chrisp Street Market). The exhibition will be called For the Love of Things and the V&A want to
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1970s Photos, Week of Theatre, and Other News
Photo above: constant change on the Greenwich Peninsula. Another Time, Another Place: Hackney in the 70s & 80s There’s currently a fascinating exhibition of Neil Martinson’s photos on show in Hackney Museum until 13th July
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This Weekend 4th – 6th May 2019
Streets of the World outdoor photo exhibition at Canary Wharf These photos are great. Jeroen Swolfs has spent 7 years photographing the street life of 195 capital cities of the world. This enormous outdoor photo
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Take a Daytrip from London – Bletchley Park
During WW2 German Enigma, then Lorenz messages were being decoded 50 miles north of London at Bletchley Park. You can visit the site to see how the Bombe machines, and the later Colossus computers cracked
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