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Tracing The Peasants’ Revolt Through London’s Streets

chesherj — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 15:30:13 +0000

The Peasants’ Revolt, or the ‘Great Uprising’ of 1381, was one of the great defining and dramatic events of medieval England. That summer, rebellion erupted across parts of Southern and Eastern England. Thousands of ordinary people arrived at the gates of London and, for a brief moment, threatened the established order of English society. They […]

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Visiting The Francis Crick Institute: Ancient DNA And Groundbreaking Discoveries

chesherj — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 13:48:30 +0000

Next to St Pancras Station and behind the British Library you will find another very important building, this one particularly in the world of science: the Francis Crick Institute, otherwise known as The Crick. It is the single largest biomedical laboratory under one roof in all of Europe and carries out world-leading research. They also have […]

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Beauty And Destruction In Wartime London

chesherj — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:38:58 +0000

As the bombs rained down on London from September 1940, artists carried on responding to their environment and recording what they saw through their works. They captured a city that is recognisable but also unfamiliar, with wartime precautions in place, the fear of the citizens palpable and both destruction but also surprisng beauty weaved through […]

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A Hidden Museum Dedicated To The History Of Anaesthesia

chesherj — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 17:19:23 +0000

There are so many small and wonderfully niche museums tucked away around London, covering subjects you would probably never expect an entire museum dedicated to. And, best of all, of course, many of them are completely free to visit. One such place is the Anaesthesia Heritage Centre, hidden away in the basement of a Georgian […]

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Sir John Soane’s Museum: A unique Treasure Trove

chesherj — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 21:07:57 +0000

Places like Sir John Soane’s Museum make me so grateful to live in London, with so much incredible history on our doorstep. To describe it as a hidden gem would be disingenuous really, because it is well known, and there is almost always a queue of visitors waiting outside. It is, however, undoubtedly a gem, […]

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