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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 23h

Sir John Soane described the Bank of England building he designed as ‘the pride and boast of my life’, but in 1925 his masterpiece was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes @willwiles.bsky.social

The man who broke the Bank of England – and built it back up again

It is a century since most of Sir John Soane’s structure was demolished to make way for Herbert Baker’s bigger but more boring vision, writes Will Wiles

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Mike Press @mikepress.bsky.social · 21h

Our guided walk of the musical history of London's Soho this Saturday - 11 Oct - takes in Bowie, Beatles, punk, jazz, Pulp and much else. Free to attend, but donations invited for Centrepoint homeless charity.

Walk On The Wild Side

Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.

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Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social · 22h

The Conservative Party conference has been a useful reminder that yes, astonishing as that may seem, things could actually be worse.

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Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social · 1d

Flappers at a rifle range on the roof of an office block on the Strand, 1920s.

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Colin Smith @colinsmith.bsky.social · 3d

The Proud City - Chelsea Power House From Meek Street”, from Walter Spradbery’s 1944 series of London Transport posters celebrating the resilience of the city & its citizens during World War Two.

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 4d

The number of Cafe Royal titles has passed seven hundred; together they constitute a singular record of British and Irish vernacular photography between about 1960 and 2010.’

Ben Campbell on a collection of his father Peter’s photographs of London in the early sixties: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Ben Campbell · In the Shoebox: Peter’s Snapshots

Photographic negatives are fragile, prone to scratching, fading and decay, and many of Peter’s are well over sixty...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Justin Lewis @whenisbirths.bsky.social · 5d

OUT NOW, my month-by-month guide to 1980s pop, from ABC to XTC, and from Madonna to Neneh. #IntoTheGroove, published by @eandtbooks.bsky.social.

Cover of
INTO THE GROOVE: THE 1980s:
THE ULTIMATE DECADE IN MUSIC HISTORY
by Justin Lewis (me)

'An epic compendium of stories and trivia from the 80s music scene'

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Phil Harrison @mrpmharrison.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a thing about the new Partridge - which I absolutely loved.
www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

Alan Partridge takes on mental health – and the results are magnificent

From its depiction of midlife ennui to its satirical take on therapy-speak, ‘How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge)’ is the best Partridge-related project in years, writes Phil Harrison

www.independent.co.uk

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Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social · 7d

RIP my favourite dodgy football streaming site.

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Peter Watts @peterwatts.bsky.social · 7d

Just popped over to twitter to fetch something and they are still arguing whether black people are allowed to be English.

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Edith S @wiilassie.bsky.social · 7d

Guys, you're never gonna guess where the pot of gold is