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The Imperial War Museum London in Southwark put on incredible, regular and large-scale, free exhibitions. From the 27th September 2024 until the 27th April 2025 you can visit their new exhibition called War and the Mind, all about the psychological aspects of warfare: why we go to war, how leader’s justify it, how those that […]
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Hop on a Greater Anglia train from Liverpool Street for forty minutes and you will see the density of central London gradually start to dissipate away. The train takes you up the valley of Lea River and eventually over the border into Hertfordshire. You will arrive at a stop called Rye House, on the outskirts
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Tucked down a little side-street called Martlett Court near Covent Garden you will find the entrance to the Bow Street Police Museum. Opened in 2021, it is one of London’s newest and smallest museums and is only open Friday-Sunday 11am-4.30pm, so it is important to get the timing right with this one. Housed in part
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London is full of surprises; around every corner is an intriguing street name, historical remnant or unusual architectural detail. Occasionally you will come across something you really don’t expect. Either that thing has not moved for centuries and now looks totally out of place in its surroundings, or it has possibly been transplanted from its
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St Bartholomew’s Hospital, or ‘Bart’s’ as it is most commonly known, is Britain’s oldest hospital. At its historic heart, before now not particularly accessible to the public, is the North Wing. In the summer of 2023, a project began to restore the North Wing, including the Great Hall and the astounding, painted staircase by London
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