🍻ANOTHER ROUND OF GOOD NEWS: Demolition of The Anglesea Arms has been refused!
🔔A few weeks ago, SAVE rang the bell to notify the public about the proposed razing of this 184 year old pub in South London.
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“Unforgettable…” Almost 24 years ago Liza Minnelli didn’t so much play as slay the Royal Albert Hall. And I was there to witness it. And since she is 80 today, here are my thoughts from back then.
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Congratulations! X
Mexico’s disgraced saviour General Antonio López de Santa Anna completed his comeback #OnThisDay in 1839 as the Pastry War came to a close.
✍️ Mathew Lyons explains
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Thrilled to get a copy of this exquisite book in the post at lunchtime. Now I just need to find someone who wants me to write about it…
I loved writing this article about art deco, transports and the interwar years. It brings together some of my real passions!
If you find this interesting then the exhibition at London Transport is definitely worth visiting, or join @artdecosocuk.bsky.social :-)
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Have you ever wondered what a hardback book looks like without pages!? Here are our two latest titles, book n@ked, so to speak! #booksky #publishing
New on the Writer’s Bookshelf this morning: eight questions about writers, books, and reading with the great @chrisnaunton.bsky.social.
The Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, Lambeth – London County Council (LCC) and Greater London Council (GLC) Architect’s Department, 1963-68 Image © Morley von Sternberg
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
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Objections have to be in before the end of Tuesday 3 February
Looking forward to talking at the legendary Dillons aka Waterstones on Gower Street this coming Thursday, about Atomic Albion and the very strange world of nuclear.
I have LOADS of Tales of the Suburbs events coming up! Announced so far: Foyles (with Luke Turner), Bookseller Crow (with Karen McLeod), Curious Minds festival in Bath and The Portobello Bookshop in Edinburgh. Loads more to come! www.johngrindrod.co.uk/events
Pimp Hall Farm, Chingford, c.1890. Photo from VHM collection, available in our Searchroom.
Pimp Hall Farm, Chingford, c.1890. This was a working farm until the mid 1930s. The farm house was subsequently demolished and the site became a Council run nursery and allotments. The 17th cent Dovecote survives and is Grade II listed. #ImageoftheMonth
Terrific story!
That’s great. When the grass is scorched in summer the layout is quite clear. Will need to wait a few months to see that
We had our drinks sitting in Stanford Road!
I found a Stanford Road in Woodford Green / Highams Park in a 1940s A to Z. I know this area well but didn’t know about it. It was a road of pre-fabs that were demolished in 1960. There are still echoes in The Highams Park today. Humphry’s was the community Centre
Good morning Normandy!
Merry Christmas to you both. Looking forward to the Lansbury event in June
Merry Christmas! X
I always seek out arcades they are wonderful. There is a lovely coffee shop halfway along Burlington arcade which allows for top notch people watching if you sit outside
Concrete churches of the year so far. Looking forward to seeing more in Milan this weekend.
1. Notre Dame du Raincy, outskirts of Paris
2. Santuário de Nossa Senhora da Piedade, Loulé, Portugal
Explore the best of the West End’s #ChristmasLights and shop windows on one of my popular Foodie themed Christmas Lights walks. Walking dates on Tue 2nd, Thu 4th & Mon 15th all at 7pm and virtually on Monday 29th at 6 www.eventbrite.co.uk/cc/foodie-th...
They were going so quickly but we bagged 2 in the front stalls 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
At the beautiful Walthamstow Library for some business training...such a stunner! Built between 1907 and 1909 by J W Dunford. As the first images states, the building is 'dedicated to knowledge'.
A curvy brick office building from the 1980s
A pedimented brick office building from the 1980s in the post modern style
A mirror glazed commercial centre from the 1980s
A mirror glazed office building from the 1980s
This is niche, but if you find you're at a loose end in Bristol this coming Friday lunchtime... secure.c20society.org.uk/Default.aspx...
Fabulous 1972 documentary about 77yo Dorothea Woodward Fisher. Cheltenham Ladies College. Married a lighterman. Built a Thames barge business. Lived as a man from the waist up. The definition of formidable. Amazing slice of social history. youtu.be/hf1FUQUJx1U?...
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‘In the 1960s, most British architects worked for councils, and although they seldom lived in the council housing they designed, when they built for themselves they tended to create something similar.’
Owen Hatherley on the origins of Mid-Century Modern.
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