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A bumper round-up of what’s been happening today.

Image: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images.

Cholera Crusher: John Snow Anniversary Walks And Exhibition

Not the Channel 4 newsreader. He’s a ‘Jon’.

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In Pictures: Gay Kiss-In Outside The John Snow, Soho

About 600 people gathered last night outside a popular Soho pub in support of a gay couple who claim they were asked to leave for kissing there on their first date.

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Gay Couple “Removed” From A Soho Pub “For Kissing”

A popular Soho pub found itself facing accusations of homophobia today after a gay couple claimed they were asked to leave the premises for kissing.

The Great Dust Heap of King's Cross. Image from Wellcome Library.

Dirt @ Wellcome Collection

Exploring our relationship with muck and filth.

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Alternative Pub Crawls: Science

Monopoly pub crawl? Boring. Circle Line pub crawl? Banned. It’s high time someone developed a few new drinking tours around the capital. We started off with a sojourn around the variable boozers of London’s train stations. Our conclusion? Nice, grim, grim, oooo, not so grim, …