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 has never had a single definition of fun. A night out can still mean a West End show, live music, dinner or drinks in Soho, but entertainment increasingly carries on at home and on mobile screens. The result is a leisure culture that moves between crowded venues and individual downtime, giving Londoners more control […]
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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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London’s First Roman Civic Hall Found Under Office Block Did you know the subterranean remains of a Roman market lie beneath the historic Leadenhall Market in Gracechurch Street near Monument station? That’s 2,000 years of market trading on this City of London spot. And archaeologists have now unearthed the remains of London’s first Roman […]
What’s in a name? London place names decoded We’re surrounded by street signs every day and casually type these sometimes odd-sounding addresses into Google Maps without a second thought about what they mean or where the name came from. The Romans founded the city of Londinium [London], so you’d expect a Latin root somewhere. Let’s […]
The Roman Empire lasted from 27 BC to 395 AD during which it took over great swathes of Europe including Britain. The Celtic tribes that ruled were defeated in 43 AD and Londinium (London) emerged as a vital trading centre and base for troops. The most important British city before the Roman conquest was Colchester […]
Hillary Clinton Graffiti/Painting Shoreditch By Street Artist Pegasus
