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Petrolheads and airheads

By Clare Brant / 22 October 2010 /

…in nearly the same spot two hundred and fifty years ago admired with wonder the new invention of the balloon. Plus ça change…? More information on the car at http://www.bloodhoundssc.com/car.cfm…

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People of the Strand: Helen Noni Jabavu (1919-2008)

By Sarah Mir / 16 March 2020 /

…couldn’t be conventional if she tried”. Volume 1. No. 4, March 1962 cover of The New Strand, via Google Images <http://www.philsp.com/mags/strand.html> Jabavu herself recognised how her selection as editor held…

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Let’s All Go Down the Strand – For the Age of Brexit

By Hannah Clayton / 28 October 2019 /

…(have a banana) Bury our heads in sand It’s a place of national pride Not that we’ve got much, you’ll find But let’s all go down the Strand   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNalxKwua6I…

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Soundscapes on the Strand

By David Green / 3 December 2010 /

…it differently. That’s why, the lone, repeated sound of a workman on a building site crying ‘coaaal… ‘ opposite my window today was so alien – so ‘out of place’….

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Searching for ‘green’

By Francesca Allfrey / 22 April 2019 /

…website. Last month I went along to one of the Northbank Bid’s guided ‘Green Walks’, led by Living London founder Saira Niazi. As a long-time worker on the Strand (I…

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Are you a future ‘Strandliner’?

By Francesca Allfrey / 18 September 2020 /

There’s a feeling of ‘new’ in the air. Universities are going ‘back to school’, but there’s a sense that more people than usual are making some sort of re-start: returning…

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By Francesca Allfrey / 21 January 2020 /

…geometrical view of the Grand Procession – British Museum – Antoine Benoist via https://www.britishmuseum.org/ The image shows a crowd gathered on the Strand and watching a procession of mock Free-Masons….

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People of the Strand: Fortunatus (died 1601)

By Clare Brant / 12 June 2020 /

…July 2012, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18903391 On Salisbury House, see Survey of London: Volume 18, St Martin-in-The-Fields II: the Strand. Originally published by London County Council, London, 1937; 120-123; online at https://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol18/pt2/ pp120-123…

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Voices from the Strand – Dr. Geoffrey Browell @ King’s College Archives

By Geoff Browell / 29 July 2021 /

…unexpected challenges but never dull! By Dr. Geoffrey Browell History is a mystery To learn more, please look at our online exhibitions or explore our catalogues: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archives https://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/digital-scholarship https://kingscollections.org/exhibitions/home https://kingscollections.org/catalogues/home…

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Victorian Lives Revealed

By Geoff Browell / 22 April 2017 /

…(U3A) sought to change that and the resulting database, Victorian Lives, is now available online: www.kingscollections.org/victorianlives. The U3A volunteers researched, in great detail, the lives of almost 200 members of…

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