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The Norton Folgate entrance to the Aquarium was probably about where number 20 appears today. Images from the time show a similar step-back in the facade.

The Burning Lions And Horrific Glass-Eating Bear Of Spitalfields

A long-lost tale of fire and destruction.

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Underground Picturehouse Returns With Season Of Music Films

Ziggy, Prince, Talking Heads, The Band, Scott Walker…all for £4.50.

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London Food & Drink News: 8 December 2011

What’s up and coming in London food and drink news? A lot! Here’s this week’s particularly festive round up.

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The Underground Picturehouse: Great Films, In A Pub, For Not Much Cash

Unusual double bills, and films for a fiver, in the subterranean cinema.

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In Pictures: The Map Of Secret London

Regular readers will know how we like to map stuff. At our fifth birthday party last week, we tried something a little different. We pinned a map of London to the pub wall and asked everyone who came along to write on their London gossip. …

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Londonist Monthly Drinks: Wanna Come?

As if there weren’t already enough meetups and events vying for your attention, here’s another. We’re having a few drinks down at the Water Poet in Spitalfields on 28th May and would be delighted to meet fellow London obsessives like your good self. Nothing formal, …