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Katherine Johnston
SE16 history in your pocket: Turner’s Fighting Temeraire – to feature on £20 note – wasn’t quite as it seemed when he painted it
Turner wanted viewers to think about the history of the Temeraire, how it had been a hero of the decisive Battle of Trafalgar; but how despite that, the nation seemed to have turned its back on her.
Josh Salisbury
The incredible story of one man’s war, pictured in the ruins of London Bridge
In 2011 nearly 70 years to the day a bomb destroyed Stainer’s Street Arch at London Bridge Jim Smith then aged 90 re-told us his story
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The Peckham ladies anti-slavery fight in Southwark
Peckham was home to several prominent Quaker families
Katherine Johnston