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Fresh fish, storied history at Billingsgate seafood market
If you’re eating fish in London, chances are it came from Billingsgate Market. The seafood supplier handles 250 tonnes of it a week and...
With Brexit, a new phase in rocky relationship between UK and Europe
Photo: isidre65, Flickr.com After 34 years, the United Kingdom says bye-bye to the European Union. With the triggering of Article 50, the...
As new £1 coin launches, we look back at the Bank of England
Today, 28 March 2017, the new 12-sided £1 coin enters circulation. Today also begins the slow replacement of the £1 coin many have come...
Retired fireman recalls surprising impressions of old Southwark, 1970s London
The headquarters of the London Fire Brigade were once located in Southwark Bridge Road. (Photo credit: Courtesy Dave Pike, left, and...
Mother's Day - Religious and royal
Clarence House With flowers, chocolate and gifts to cover up the guilt of unreturned phone calls, Mother's Day is approaching. Celebrated...
From Pink Floyd album cover to an urban public space: the history of Battersea Power Station iconic
Credit: Collage: The London Picture Archive, Wikimedia Commons There are two versions of London’s skyline, the one we all know, which...
Welcome spring in London at the Columbia Road Flower Market
It's official. Spring has come to the UK with the arrival of the vernal equinox. And what perfect way to welcome the new season with a...
Revisiting London's St Patrick's Church on St Patrick's Day
As London gears up to celebrate the Irish patron saint holiday, here's looking at the building that became the first Irish Catholic...
Mayor Sadiq Khan plans solution to London's historic air pollution problem
Above left, a van checks London air and noise quality levels on Westminster Bridge in 1971 (Photo: Collage - The London Picture Archive);...
Lights out at Piccadilly Circus
Piccadilly Circus today (Lisa Nordbo Fiil) and with the Shaftesbury Memorial boarded up with advertisements during WWII If you've braved...
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