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Monbiot, Toynbee @ Russell Square “Teach-Out”
Awesome author, columnist, environmentalist and activist George Monbiot addressed a small crowd in Bloomsbury’s Russell Square on Wednesday 9th November 2011, as part of a wider day of protest against university tuition fee hikes and government cuts. At Monbiot’s side was Polly Toynbee, fellow Guardian columnist, author and current President of the British Humanist Association. Other speakers included Alex Callinicos of King’s College London, Richard […]
Final countdown to Bloomsbury Festival 2011
October 20, 2011
If you still haven’t booked your tickets for this weekend’s Bloomsbury Festival, fear not – extra tickets will be available for all events on the day, on a “first come, first served” basis. The Festival runs from Friday 21st – Sunday 23rd October 2011, and boasts over 150 events, in over 50 venues. Highlights include: Real Bloomsbury (walking tour) - […]
Plaque spotting: T. S. Eliot (1888 – 1965)
October 11, 2011
Thomas Stearns Eliot (1888 – 1965), better known as T. S. Eliot, was a highly acclaimed American-born poet and playwright who spent much of his life in England, becoming a British citizen in 1927. A brown plaque commemorating T. S. Eliot’s association with the publishing company Faber & Faber can be seen at 24 Russell Square […]
Senate House – the Art Deco landmark of Bloomsbury
May 28, 2011
Once home to the British Government’s Ministry of Information during WWII, architect Charles Holden’s 1930′s Art Deco structure now houses the School of Advanced Studies, administrative offices for the University of London, and the Senate House Library. Surrounded by Birkbeck College, the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, the School of Oriental and African Studies, and the Institute […]
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November 10, 2011
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