edmund spenser

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Monday Miscellanea

More London-oriented trivia for a Monday morning.

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Monday Miscellanea

More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

Queen Elizabeth (The Ditchley Portrait) by Marcus Gheeraerts The Younger

TONIGHT: Poet In The City Presents Edmund Spenser And The Faerie Queene

Indulge in the inspirational brilliance of Edmund Spenser at Kings Place tonight

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 12th January 1619: The Banqueting House at Whitehall is destroyed by fire. It would soon be rebuilt. Tuesday – 13th January 1583: Eight people are killed when scaffold seating collapses at the Bear Garden – an arena for …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 14th January 1437: The Great Stone Gate at the south side of London Bridge collapses, taking down two bridge arches and several houses with it. Tuesday – 15th January 1867: The ice on Regent’s Park Lake gives way …