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British Academy Moves Into Number 11

A quick tour around the British Academy’s expansion into 11 Carlton House Terrace, formerly the home of William Gladstone.

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Olympic Park To Be Named After The Queen

Much like her great-great-grandmother Victoria, Queen Elizabeth is to lend her name to a swathe of east London parkland: the Olympic Park in Stratford is to be renamed the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park after the Games have concluded, though we reckon locals will know it …

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Londonist’s Back Passage

46. Royal Opera Arcade Where? West of Haymarket, up the backside of the Phantom of the Opera, the Arcade links Charles II Street to Pall Mall. What? As Westfield Shopping Centre prepares to open in Shepherd’s Bush, it’s worth looking back to where it all …