Finsbury Square

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When Was Finsbury Square Full Of Standing Pricks?

When it was an archery range.

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London Christmas Past: The Invention Of The Christmas Cracker

Bad puns, silly hats and the banging tree decoration…first brought together in the capital.

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Occupy Protestors Evicted From Finsbury Square And Hampstead Heath

What now for the protest movement?

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Jubilee Weekend Round-Up

News. Because even the queen can’t stop stuff happening.

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Occupy Finsbury Square Served Eviction Notice

Final Occupy camp to be uprooted.

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City Of London Wins Occupy Eviction Bid

High Court ruling on St Paul’s camp.

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Pimms Urban Regatta

We’ve only just recovered from the groin strain and hangovers of The Chap and Hendricks Olympiad and now another alcoholic silly sporting event has come along. Just as well we are all still in fine form after training so strenuously for the golden bowler hat …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 25th June 1953: John Christie is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife, whose body was found with several others hidden beneath the floorboards of his house in Notting Hill, West London. His conviction casts serious …

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The Lido Cinema And The Beach Among The Banks

London always goes a bit loopy in the heat. Unlikely couplings and incredulous incidents occur once the mercury creeps past a certain point, people and places begin to melt and blur into one another… Outdoor swimming pools become cinemas, banking districts become beaches… If you’re …