Event    From 2010 

Stoke Newington Literary Festival

Event

From their website in 2022: "Since 2010, we’ve been celebrating the area’s radical and literary history with a festival that’s become one of the most eclectic, diverse and, frankly, FUN in the literary calendar."

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Stoke Newington Literary Festival

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Mary Woollstonecraft - lost plaque

All our information about this plaque, including the photograph, comes from (...

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Olave Baden-Powell

Olave Baden-Powell

Born Olave Soames in Derbyshire. 1912 met Robert Baden-Powell on a trans-Atlantic ocean liner. They discovered that they shared a birthday, even if they were 32 years apart. This didn’t stop them m...

Person, Children, Community / Clubs, Kenya

1 memorial
Imperial College Boat Club
1 memorial
Christopher Wade

Christopher Wade

 Hampstead historian. Born in Bradford. Attended Trinity College, Cambridge, was a Flight Lieutenant in the RAF in WW2, joined the BBC and rose to become head of the television script unit. Married...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Japan Society in Britain

Japan Society in Britain

From the picture source: "The Japan Society is the leading  independent body in the United Kingdom dedicated to the enhancement of the British-Japanese relationship. With a history stretching back ...

Group, Community / Clubs, Japan

2 memorials

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Doctor's Commons

Doctor's Commons

Also called the College of Civilians, this was a society of lawyers practising civil (as opposed to common) law. The buildings where the court proceedings took place also had a big library and room...

Building, Law

1 memorial
Treatment Rooms 2 - Herman Wallace

Treatment Rooms 2 - Herman Wallace

W5, 199 Acton Lane

In our rather shady photo the Fred Hampton mural can just be seen, low down, below the window on the left side of the building.  The Reic...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
King Edward VIII

King Edward VIII

Born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Known to friends and family as David.  Reigned 20 January - 10 December 1936 when he abdicated in favo...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

17 memorials
Sir Jacob Epstein - Roper's Garden

Sir Jacob Epstein - Roper's Garden

SW3, Old Church Street, Roper’s Garden

The text is inscribed on the reverse of the relief.

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Earl of Ellesmere, Francis Egerton

Politician, poet, founding trustee of the National Portrait Gallery. One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1951. Born 21 Arlington Street, Piccadilly. Died Bridgewater House, London. ...

Person, Literature, Museums / Libraries, Poetry, Politics & Administration

1 memorial