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MUST DO: Open House Weekend 2019

An architectural feast awaits us this month in south London – and the rest of the capital

the plaque on the bench reads Memorial to the Unknown Husband
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Valentine’s Day: What is the Memorial To The Unknown Husband?

The mysterious plaque on the South Bank has haunted passers-by for years

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Why Peckham Library looks like it does

It was one of the capital’s first major buildings with a challenging form, says Chris Rogers in his new book

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Unseen London: Old Naval College, Greenwich

A fascinating new book, Unseen London, offers access to fifty extraordinary locations, telling the story of how each was created and what it reveals about the city. Our second and final extract hits Greenwich

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Wednesday Picture: Inside Lambeth Palace

A fascinating new book, Unseen London, offers readers access to fifty extraordinary locations, telling the story of how each was created and what it reveals about the city. We publish an exclusive extract

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In Pictures: Battersea Power Station’s quirky roof garden

The team behind New York’s feted High Line have just released drawings of what they have planned for London’s most famous industrial site

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Wednesday Picture: The Bridges of West Dulwich

Scratch beneath the surface – and you’ll be rewarded. By Ed walker

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Wednesday Picture: Open House 2013

This weekend is Open House where the public are unleashed on 830 of London’s coolest buildings and private houses. Sarah Fox picks some south London …

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Pinboard 15 August: Peckham’s Peace Picnic, an anarchic art fête – and get your Oedipus complex for free

Peckham: SE15’s Peace Picnic is back This Saturday, two years after the rioting that hit Peckham so hard, the area’s newly annual Peace Picnic doubles …

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Pinboard 9 July: shopping in the sunshine, affordable fine dining and a free show featuring rubbish as art

1. Lambeth North: Artists celebrate innovative recycling Did you know we were shoddy recyclers? Nope, we thought we were pretty good too but apparently* Lambeth …