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Black History Month
Posted in: Highlights, Shows & Exhibitions

The Middle Passage Remembered Exhibition Black History Month is a time to  celebrate millennia of black history and pause to reflect on centuries of a brutal slave trade that saw 12.5 million Africans transported to the Americas, with two million perishing during the Middle Passage. London-based artist Nefateri Asantewa’s solo exhibition at the Elitha Gallery, […]

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London Peace Pagoda, Battersea Park, Battersea Pier, Battersea, south London, Battersea Arts Centre,
What’s Hot Battersea?
Posted in: Bars & Clubs, Concerts & Gigs, Drama & Theatre, Food & Dining, Galleries & Museums, Highlights, Reviews, Shows & Exhibitions

Five Fun Things to Do in Battersea Battersea Power Station’s iconic brick tower still proudly stands as a totemic landmark to its industrial past, but the smoke-spewing heart of this south London district has long since been gutted, to make way for the shopping, dining and leisure attractions that make this lively and whimsical cultural […]

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Great Fire 1666

  • Great Fire of London
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    ON THIS DAY on the evening of September 5th 1666 The Great Fire of London caused its greatest destruction. It began in the bakery of Thomas Farriner on Pudding Lane near London Bridge. On September 2nd the first flames swept westwards through the City of London and would eventually damage 90 per cent of the […]