Ottobah Cugoano – an 18th century freed slave and abolitionist
Much of the narrative on the abolition of the slave trade in the British Empire is framed by the actions of the white British campaigners […]
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Churchill War Rooms
With us all locked down it’s impossible to do tours at present, so I’ll be experimenting with some online tours. This is the first effort (at […]
The Bomb Damage maps
During the war the London County Council surveyors chronicled the devastation caused by enemy bombing on the capital. Hand colouring street level OS maps, they plotted the buildings […]
Up on the Roof – the Walkie Talkie’s Sky Garden
I’ve tried hard to like the Walkie Talkie, Rafael Vinoly’s skyscraper at 20 Fenchurch Street, but so far I’ve been unsuccessful. The thing dominates the […]