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Southwark Libraries has been named the London winner of the British Book Awards 2026 Library of the Year, recognising its work to bring new and returning readers back into local branches. bbc.com/news/articles/…
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The history of dissenters : the Mayflower, Quakers, Gandhi, Ada Salter, Grunwick.
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Back in 2003, Charles Kennedy, then leader of the Liberal Democrats stood against the US/UK war in Iraq. He initially faced intense vilification and ridicule for opposing the 2003 Iraq war, yet was later completely vindicated by the Chilcot Report. As the only major UK party leader opposing the invasion, he was heckled in Parliament, and The Sun called him a "spineless reptile" and a "snake" for his stance. But history now judges him well. We forget the lessons of history at our own peril.
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No! Not the beautiful Chehel Sotoon!
kev joon@never_oppressed
Another historic site damaged in Israel/US attacks on Iran. This time the Chehel Setoon Palace in Isfahan, a 17th century architectural marvel built during the Safavid Era. This isn’t a war against the Islamic Republic. This is a war against everything that is truly Iranian.
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I write for ease & for strengthening of my memory, & it may be for future ages, when the law of love will be more naturalized ~ Ann Bathurst, 1694
I get goosebumps when C17th women address future readers! They hoped the future would be more open to them than was their present
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@LondonHistorian My Life with Nye by Jennie Lee, Aneurin Bevan's wife. I don't know who can contradict her. Google gives Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and Stephen Pollard in the Spectator Oct 2025. Some say Morrison but they are later, I find. Attacking the left-wing Bevan makes more sense.
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@GrahamTaylor42 Do you have a source? All and only sources I have seen say Morrison.
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Someone said of Herbert Morrison that he was his own worst enemy to which Ernest Bevin replied "Not while I'm alive he ain't." Anyhoo, Londoner Herbert Morrison died OTD 1965, aged 77. #morrison
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@FXMC1957 The condemnation was just a formality. Everyone knew the Versailles Treaty was wicked, and therefore indefensible.
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7 March 1936. Adolf Hitler sent German troops into the de-militarised Rhineland, something that was strictly prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles of 1919 and the Locarno accords of 1926. The western Allies condemned the move, but took no military action.
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@sandsfilms 5 March Newsletter
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OTD 26February 1614 death of Peter Hills,Master Mariner & Brother of TrinityHouse
He left money for a Free School for the education of 8 sons of mariners of #Redriff
Two C18 figures of scholars (beautifully illuminated at night)adorn the facade of the Old SchoolHouse #rotherhithe
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On at Sands Films studio, Rotherhithe, on Feb 25 and Feb 26. Based on the classic novel by Robert Tressell.
Townsend Productions@townsendprod
SOLD OUT at The Casa Liverpool we have added an extra date in May. More #TheRaggedTrouseredPhilanthropists classic novel it will make you think & question! Tour starts end Feb @sandsfilms_musicroom @thelanternsheff #touringtheatre #socialism #equality #liverpool @Raggedgore
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@GrahamTaylor42 @FXMC1957 And where does a monarch's heart lie? With whom?
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13 February 1945. Simon Schama was born in London. He rose to public and academic attention due to his acclaimed and innovative history of the French Revolution Citizens. It was followed by many other important history books. He’s also one of the leading British TV historians.
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These houses were built on the site of Norway Dock at Rotherhithe. The dock was originally created in 1811 for ships bringing timber to London from the Baltic and it became one of the vast network of the Surrey Commercial Docks.
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That’s funny. We always say the train ran from Deptford to Spa Rd, Bermondsey.
Prof. Frank McDonough@FXMC1957
8 February 1836. 1st London passenger train ran from Spa Road in Bermondsey to Deptford. Trains ran along London’s longest viaduct (4 miles) carrying passengers in just 12 minutes. It was feared that the “great speed” of 16 MPH might break necks.
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AI could be a great boon for historians. In future, instead of believing all the nonsense in the media, people will learn at school to distrust every photo and every fact. Everybody will become a historian.
John Simkin@johnsimkin
Is AI going to destroy Capitalism and Democracy? spartacus-educational.com/spartacus-blog… @History_Ben @GrahamTaylor42 @ed_waller @TIJenner @docrussjackson @scottmpetri @meadwaj @MichaelLCrick @labourlewis @PeterWillsman @FisherAndrew79 @andrewfeinstein @GeorgeAylett @GregHadfield
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@andrewsgeoff But, Geoff, he's just the first. Blair may put him in the shade once he's dead and can no longer sue. New Labour had a penchant for power and influence from the beginning (Murdoch).
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Mandelson’s enduring sense of entitlement is grotesque. But the fall-out from all this will reveal the wider conduct of the New Labour establishment in promoting and protecting him.
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@GrahamTaylor42 @keiranpedley @charliemansell In fact, the only one of the 4 Mt Rushmore presidents (and the usual top 5) that I think could be elected nowadays would be Teddy Roosevelt.
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Ok so I’m only the third best
But I reckon they could
Republicans against Trump@RpsAgainstTrump
Trump: "I was with the 2 best pollsters…they said, 'Sir, George Washington & Abraham Lincoln, if they came back and ran as president and Vice President, they couldn't beat you.'”
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@y_alibhai This year is the 50th anniversary of the Grunwick strike. I hope you’ll be a speaker, Yasmin, and remind people exactly what happened in Uganda.
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European leaders call Trump's country grabs ' the new colonialism '. While endorsing Israeli takeover of Palestine. And forgetting their own past and present. See them. Know them. Never trust them.
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