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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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Repost from Courtauld Digital Media: Visions of London

By Strandlines Editors / 20 January 2020 /

…Digitisation project – part-funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund – will make available online over 1.6 million photographs from the Courtauld’s Conway, Laib, and Kersting collections, free for non-commercial…

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Repost from Courtauld Digital Media: Epstein’s Strand Statues

By Strandlines Editors / 17 February 2020 /

…National Lottery Heritage Fund – will make available online over 1.6 million photographs from the Courtauld’s Conway, Laib, and Kersting collections, free for non-commercial use. Find out more about the…

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People of the Strand: Jonathan Sisson (1692 – 1749)

By Susan Snell / 13 March 2020 /

…Strand in the early eighteenth century. Susan Snell Archivist and Records Manager Museum of Freemasonry References [1] British Museum, Prints and Drawings, ref: 1880,1113.2854 https://research.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=751261&partId=1 [2] Museum of Freemasonry, London,…

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Jim Fox, King’s Electrician 1953-98

By Mary Henes / 29 May 2012 /

…the Strand station. (A little internet research a few days later took me to these images of the changing tube map detail around Charing Cross:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Charing_X_Renamed.png) Working as an apprentice, Jim…

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An Edible Utopia under your feet: rhubarb, mushrooms, and more

By Francesca Allfrey / 27 January 2020 /

…at every stage of our lives. He pointed out that we each have our own tastes, and it should be our life’s work to develop and understand them […] It’s…

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By Myfanwy Boudry / 30 April 2020 /

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Celebrating Volunteers’ Week 2020

By Francesca Allfrey / 4 June 2020 /

…Historical Research, to share writing and research done by volunteers with an even wider audience. Volunteers have made 23 records on Layers and counting, and we’ll highlight here where you…

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