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Billy Waters: The Busker of the West End

By Petra Lindnerova / 26 October 2021 /

…of work as ‘payment’ for lodgings to the able-bodied. After ten days spent completely bed-bound, Waters lost the battle for his life at the age of 45. Staffordshire figure of…

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Transforming the Strand: A Virtual Walking Tour

By Clare Brant / 22 October 2012 /

…associated with Strandlines: an initiative that explores past and present lives on the Strand. Strandlines is run by the Centre for Life-Writing Research. To reserve your place, please visit: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/ahri/centres/lifewriting/eventrecords/Transforming-the-Strand.aspx…

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The Pathway of the Imaginary

By Katie Webb / 1 March 2022 /

This article translation into English by Katie Webb from the original Italian, ‘Il sentiero dell’imaginario’ by Loris Ferri, was published in El Ghibli magazine on 10th December 2021 http://www.el-ghibli.org/il-sentiero-dellimmaginario/#sdfootnote2anc. El…

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Tracing ‘Strand’ Across Land, Language and Time

By Téa Emily Carter / 14 December 2020 /

…that refer to its original meaning are literary or dialectic. However, the term in this context was once as common in English today as ‘beach’ or ‘shore’—the words that have…

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Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori

By Francesca Allfrey / 24 September 2020 / Comments Off on Federazione Unitaria Italiana Scrittori

…an author creates a work, he acts not only for himeself but for the entire community. He must feel free to create and to be indepent. This is his job….

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By Graham Duncan / 29 October 2018 /

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The Eagle Hut and King’s College London

By Stephen Miller / 3 March 2017 /

…Trees line the pavement and the American huts are bordered by a neat wooden fence and lawn, with Ame… Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/23488 It appears that after the…

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The Eagle Hut, Aldwych

By Clare Brant / 3 March 2017 /

The Eagle Hut, Aldwych, with St Mary-le-Strand, King’s College and Somerset House in the distance (watercolour by Henry Rushbury, Imperial War Museum © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1123); Rushbury was an…

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Gay rights and lesbian visibility

By Jill Gardiner / 7 January 2020 / Comments Off on Gay rights and lesbian visibility

…mixed race relationship, who come under attack as the campaign for Scottish independence reaches its peak. It highlights the risks of divisions and disintegration and the importance of welcoming difference….

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King’s in Maureen Duffy’s time

By Chris Kenyon Jones / 7 January 2020 / Comments Off on King’s in Maureen Duffy’s time

…that I kicked against at the time was the compulsory Anglo Saxon, Old English and compulsory Middle English. And yet it’s the thing I return to again and again and…

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