Walking Through London History
@LondonThough
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@HistoryGold London History module taught by @jpaprice @GoldsmithsUoL looking at those in history who walked & walking as a methodology for researching history
London, England
Joined October 2018
Just published online: Matthew Beaumont's review of Look Here: On the Pleasures of Observing the City by @anakinsella
https://t.co/Ugq9rsAYg1
tandfonline.com
Published in The London Journal: A Review of Metropolitan Society Past and Present (Vol. 48, No. 1, 2023)
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A smorgasbord of early modern goodness has now gone live on @LonJournal. Best of all, it's open access! First up is @Ed_Legon's brilliant analysis of the attempts of the Clothworkers' to recoup unpaid contributions to the 1658 & 1662 Lord Mayors' shows 1/2 https://t.co/tOhsch3F7S
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This article uses detail from the records of the Clothworkers’ Company to explore the tensions that lay beneath the surface of the elaborate Lord Mayors’ Shows of Sir John Ireton in 1658 and Sir Jo...
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That's all for today folks! Two fantastic sessions with brilliant @HistoryGold & @UCLHistory students exploring historic London on foot. Educational and fun, as history should be! We'll be out and about again in 2 weeks, exploring Charles Booth's Deptford. #walkinghistory
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Current Bevis Marks Synagogue (in the background) in case you missed it; shame the passageway is closed for building works. #lhtl2018
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Things have changed a bit around here... less livestock and only the occasional archer now #lhtl2018
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Second group of @HistoryGold & @UCLHistory history students have set off into the city with only John Strype's map of Aldgate to guide them! Sun is shining, it's a great day for #walkinghistory #lhtl2018
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Interesting sculpture of a traditional English grain store,in 'rose tinted' steel to represent 'rose tinted' views of the past. Nothing rose-tinted about what we're doing today: we're out and about doing it in the streets! (so to speak) #lhtl2018
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Back in the City again for my Walking Through London's History module @HistoryGold. The students have just set off in groups using Stow's survey and Strype's map to navigate round Aldgate Ward. Some will be tweeting via #lhth2018 as they go! #walking #history
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Our undergraduate applicant days have gone online! If you've applied to study at Goldsmiths, sign up now to hear from your department and find out more about your course. Bespoke online sessions are running this week, see the schedule: https://t.co/Yki151N46e
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Heads of Department and Goldsmiths Critical Incident Group met this morning and made a number of important decisions about the teaching, assessments and operation of the university. All face-to-face teaching will be suspended immediately. (1/4)
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I'm thrilled to in conversation with the legend Suresh Singh discussing his book 'A Modest Living: Memoirs of a Cockney Sikh' @BishopsgateInst on 3rd April, 7pm. It will be amazing...book now!! https://t.co/WKVKvdUnTw
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This is a fantastic resource - @Cambridge_Uni have made their archive of aerial photographs of Britain dating back to 1945 freely available, creating a 'historical Google Earth'
theguardian.com
Cambridge University launches free digital archive of aerial photos going back to 1945
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Join us for #TheBuildUp TODAY - a FREE event with conversations, performances, workshops and films led by activists, academics and artists all exploring the injustices and inequalities in our relationships with buildings. #LivingwithBuildings
https://t.co/L1ncyqROc7
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The @MayorofLondon is offering small grants to help organisations run community activities and events as part of London #NationalParkCity Festival. Submit your ideas today!
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Flying low over digitally rendered waves just off the British mainland... My new video installation INSULAE goes live today at @BarbicanCentre Level G as part of #SkyArts50 & joint commission with @lumenprize
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A church on the north side of London Bridge is an important part of the capital's history, as @LonStreetwalker reports: https://t.co/RWEKRSpNnq
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1820. Arrest of the Cato Street conspirators. A policeman killed in the melee. #OTD Image by George Cruikshank. https://t.co/0bQwR3siOn
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Share your memories with us as part of the Unlocking Our Shared Heritage project! @LdnMetArchives #morethanwords #huntleyarchives #boglelouverture #blackbritishhistory #voxpops
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