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Blue Plaques Hit By Funding Cuts

Sorry Graham Chapman. Being the fake son of God isn’t good enough.

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Things To Do In The Olympic Park: Find The Bench Facts

50 pieces of trivia and philosophy are dotted around the Park.

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Jiu-Jitsuing Suffragette Gets People’s Plaque in Islington

Edith Garrud honoured with a commemorative plaque.

Carswell Prentice plaque, 118 Hillfield Ave

London’s Weirdest Plaques: Carswell Prentice

He may or may not have invented the shopping trolley.

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World War I Plaque Thief Jailed

Minor victory in the war on metal thieves.

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London Remembers: Collecting All Of London’s Memorials

A much-loved London website gets a relaunch.

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A Plaque Commemorating A Father Ted Character?

Is this the inspiration behind the foul-mouthed priest, Father Jack Hackett, from Father Ted?

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Highgate House Recreated In India

A Victorian-era house from Highgate has been recreated, brick by brick, on the shores of the Arabian Sea.

Edmund Burke, the political thinker, member of parliament, and a founder of modern conservatism lived at number 37 from 1787 to 1790.

The Famous Residents Of Chinatown

If we had a nickel for every blog post (even books) urging us to look up above eye level in London, we’d have…well, whatever a nickel is worth, times about a thousand. But all clichés have some truth to them. One place where it’s easy …

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Plaques To War Heroes Stolen From Enfield Park

“Try stealing me.” London’s battle with the burglars of bronze took a sad blow last week as a couple of memorials to fallen World War soldiers and civilians were taken from a monument in Broomfield Park, Enfield. The alloy is much prized on the scrap …

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A Plaque For Pauline Fowler

Image / Père Ubu A Heritage Foundation plaque in honour of Wendy Richards, who memorably portrayed Albert Square’s battle-hardened harridan Pauline Fowler for years, has been unveiled. What with the frequent delays on the District line to Walford East, the plaque was instead mounted in …