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City of London/London Guide and writer based in historic North Southwark. I welcome enquiries and comments about guided walks, London, architecture, history etc., but regret I cannot respond to personal DMs.
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Complying with the Trump regime's executive order, PBS deletes LGBTQ history videos. New York City's Education Department has since decided to host the videos on their own website. 1/2 🗃️ 🏳️‍🌈 🍎 🗺️ #sschat www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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Breaking News: Rome. A secret workshop has been discovered where criminals mass-produced fake Picassos. Police would like to speak to this woman.

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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public. He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit. Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.

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11 teens have been arrested for beating two men they had lured using a gay dating app. Activists and police warn the attacks are part of a larger social media trend where straight teens and adults target and lure gay men for assault. www.advocate.com/crime/illino...

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Fans of Edgar Allan Poe can now arrange for the author - or multiple incarnations of the Poe - to grip their legs tightly. 'Poe-ka Dots' socks are available from the British Library at Euston Road, London, for £14.99 a pair.

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And stay out!

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Wow, I never knew he said this. Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.

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Hello, book shop here. It’s just us. Two owners, amazing staff who work with us. That’s it. Thanks for using us.

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Last Sunday’s new post - York Buildings Stairs and the Watergate at alondoninheritance.com/london-monum...

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Monster Chetwynd's Pond Life at Gloucester Road tube station.

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'Oyster Bar', The Strand (from 'High Street', 1938) by Eric Ravilious

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Haggerston Overground (Windrush) station: Tod Hanson's Elliptical Switchback. A tribute to Edmond Halley. A Modus Operandi project. #TilesOnTuesday

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The ‘Shell Mosaic’ from Verulamium (Roman St. Albans). Dating to around 150 CE, the mosaic is now part of the collections at the excellent Verulamium Museum in St. Albans. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

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The Isaac Memorial in Bristol Cathedral. John Isaac was enslaved by local slaveowner Thomas Daniel (1799-1872). This plaque was commissioned by his descendants. Unveiled in 2024, it counters the august Daniel Family Window of 1877. Nearby a large display addresses Thomas Daniel's role in slavery.

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I'm a City of London Guide. Recently I visited Bristol, in order to take a break from the City and London generally. Hilly Bristol has several long stairways. On the first morning I walked down the Christmas Steps, which were one minute's walk from my accommodation on Colston Street. 1 of 2.

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In memoriam...

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Bristol Cathedral garden contains this 1980 sculpture by Naomi Blake. 'Refugee' is subtitled 'To the victims of all racial persecutions'. Naomi Blake (1924-2018) was a survivor of Auschwitz.

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#SteepleSaturday #StMaryRedcliff #Bristol spectacular daughter church to the war victim of #StJohn #Bedminster

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I had never noticed that blind arcading at the top… thank you!

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Medieval wall painting from St Michael with St Mary's Church at Melbourne in Derbyshire depicting devilish torment. 📷 My own. #WallpaintingWednesday #Medieval #Derbyshire

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Shotley church, Suffolk. Medieval double hammerbeam roof and eighteenth century chancel. A visit never disappoints

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This is huge. The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries 👇 www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/media/e...

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Still Life with Mugs and Cups

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Jeté, by Enzo Plazzotta, modelled on the ballet dancer David Wall. #SculptureSunday

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Shrewsbury Abbey, Shropshire. Pevsner dated the nave to no later than 1100. #lookup #stainedglasssunday

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