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Head to Southwark Cathedral
There are many reasons to visit Southwark Cathedral, the gothic gem of a building nestled on Bankside next to London Bridge and the Shard. Until 29th March you can add one more: the opportunity to see the dramatic sculpture of … Continue reading
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Shakespeare’s Restless World
As devotees of the Bard, we’re only too happy to draw our readers’ attention to what promises to be a fascinating talk on Shakespeare by Neil MacGregor, director of the British Museum. MacGregor, whose BBC Radio 4 series ’100 objects … Continue reading
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Bodleian takes a byte at the Bard
Plans by Oxford University’s Bodleian Library to make Shakespeare’s first folio available on the internet would surely have had the approval of the scholarly Humphrey Lancaster, first Duke of Gloucester. On his controversial death in 1447 Humphrey bequeathed his fine … Continue reading
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The Whole Nine Yards
Visitors to the American hospitality House at Vinopolis on Bankside in Southwark don’t have to walk far for a reminder of past Olympic triumphs by US athletes. Less than a hammer’s throw from Vinopolis is the historic Anchor tavern. Marked … Continue reading
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Tagged Bankside, London Borough of Southwark, Southwark Cathedral, Sports
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Oh deer! Golden Hinde to miss river pageant
The original Golden Hinde, Francis Drake’s famous Elizabethan flagship, brought an immense fortune in looted silver and other treasures back from her epic voyage circumnavigating the world between 1577 and 1580. This vast haul, worth dozens of millions of pounds at … Continue reading
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Tagged Bankside, Southwark, Southwark Cathedral, William Shakespeare
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L’éléphant est arrivé sur l’endroit!
Plans to shoot the final iconic scenes of Victor Hugo’s epic novel Les Miserables are beginning to take shape with the arrival of a giant model elephant at Greenwich’s Old Royal Naval College (ORNC). The giant pachyderm is being assembled in the … Continue reading
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Les Miserables and revolting students at Greenwich
Luvvies and revolutionaries are preparing to man the barricades at The Old Royal Naval College (ORNC) at Greenwich where scenes from the forthcoming blockbuster film Les Miserables are due to be shot early in April. The ORNC’s Lower Grand Square, … Continue reading
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Southwark and Dickens
Renowned British artist Maggi Hambling has been chosen to design a sculpture commemorating novelist Charles Dickens’s connections with the London Borough of Southwark. The sculpture will be installed on the recently created pedestrian piazza outside St George the Martyr church … Continue reading
Dickens unveiled
In a dramatic moment worthy of a Charles Dickens plot, the winning design for a monument in Southwark to honour the great English novelist will be unveiled on Tuesday 7th February, the 200th anniversary of his birth. The design will … Continue reading
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The Elysée Palace, Greenwich
The magnificent Painted Hall in the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich has acquired yet another alias. It appears in the Maggie Thatcher biopic Iron Lady as the Elysée Palace, official residence of the French president. Meryl Streep, who has just … Continue reading
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