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Wednesday picture: Vauxhall then and now
Gabriel Gbadamosi is an award-winning Irish-Nigerian poet, playwright, critic, BBC radio presenter and author. In his new novel, Vauxhall, he explores the streets of his …
Wednesday Picture: how did London’s first ever A-Z come to be sold in this Clapham shop?
So many amazing people have lived, and amazing things happened in our city that aren’t commemorated by blue plaques or monumental architecture. And one south …
Pinboard extra: Cilla Black singing, “They’ve taken London Bridge Away!”
We loved Travis Elborough’s brilliantly bizarre Wednesday Picture story yesterday about the sale, in the 1960s, of London Bridge to an Arizona oilman. Yep. Our 1831 …
Heard the one about London Bridge being sold to an Arizonan oilman?
Travis Elborough on the unlikely story of the 1960s sale of SE1’s most famous monument
Wednesday Picture: How Camberwell’s Hokusai Wave Mural came back from the dead
For 15 years, a giant tsunami has loomed threateningly – and colourfully – over Camberwell Place, SE5, the little alleyway that runs between Coldharbour Lane …
Wednesday Picture: a community love-in at Loughborough Junction
Loughborough Junction locals might recognise the image above. Perhaps you strode over the recent explosion of multi-coloured pavement graffiti, spelling out “We live here” in …
Wednesday Picture: who painted Saltoun Road’s
street art Hitler cat?
Today’s Wednesday Picture solves one half of a local mystery – but leaves a big question about the other half. Maybe one of you will …
