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Monday Miscellanea

More Londony trivia for a Monday morning.

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Monday Miscellanea

There was a lot of walking this weekend in London… 10 people walked 20 miles in 8.5 hours and raised £2,106.00 for Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres on Friday night. And on Saturday and Sunday, over 700 buildings opened up to the public for Open House …

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London Shh: A Guide To The Capital’s Small House Museums

What have George Handel, William Morris, Sigmund Freud, Samuel Johnson and Benjamin Franklin all got in common? That’s right. Not one of them owned an iPhone. By a spooky coincidence, they also have small museums devoted to them in London. A new site, London Shh, …

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Monday Miscellanea

Last week’s Londonist numbers and the corresponding picture that might be a Da Vinci Code-style clue to something: 5 shortlisted designs for the defunct gas holder in Kings Cross, of which the playground appeals to us the most 43 marathons completed in 52 days by …

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Monday Miscellanea

This Week In London’s History Monday – 22nd September 1955: A new television channel, ITV, launches at a ceremony at the Guildhall. Its broadcasting initially only covers the London area, but would be spread to the other UK regions over the next seven years. Tuesday …