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May 2023
10:38pm, 25 May 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
I turned the alerts off. Not sorry.
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May 2023
11:03pm, 25 May 2023
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GlennR
When I get engrossed in work I need the reminder.
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May 2023
7:42am, 26 May 2023
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richmac
BBC make a story out of a drunken threat bbc.co.uk |
May 2023
9:51am, 30 May 2023
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Ocelot Spleens
Whitby Seagulls are gullible! bbc.co.uk |
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May 2023
11:27am, 30 May 2023
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Ocelot Spleens
worth a listen bbc.co.uk |
May 2023
10:11pm, 31 May 2023
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Dvorak
The Devil's Acre - the most wretched part of London, close by Westminster Abbey and the Houses of Parliament, and inspiration to Charles Dickens. The first place to be described as a "slum". londonist.com
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May 2023
10:19pm, 31 May 2023
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Oscar the Grouch
Fascinating history.
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May 2023
10:19pm, 31 May 2023
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GlennR
Interesting. I know the modern area quite well, used to wander through it when I worked for the Home Office.
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Jun 2023
12:38am, 1 Jun 2023
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swittle
The fictional 'Tom All Alone's' in 'Bleak House' is portrayed as a desperately dismal location - but not that close to the area centered on Old Pye Street in Dvorak's link. Dickens seems to place it closer to the High Court of Chancery and the Inns of Court.
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Jun 2023
12:57pm, 1 Jun 2023
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GlennR
Early toilets reveal dysentery in Old Testament Jerusalem: cam.ac.uk |
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