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Booth Map Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-99 (Sheet 6, West Central District), from Charles Booth's London

Explore These 10 Superb London History Digital Collections

Warning: if you’re a London enthusiast, this post may sidetrack your day. A previous blog post was primarily about digital collections of London in images (photographs, prints, drawings, etc.). This post looks at the wider world of digital collections about London, including maps, in ten outstanding examples. As a parameter, I’ve included only collections that do not …

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London Podcasts

London Podcasts

Living outside the UK, audio podcasts about London have been a lifeline supporting my interest in the city. In the mid-2000s, Rev. Robert Wright’s free London Walks series in particular was a joy (see Londonist’s 2006 review). I followed him vicariously on his 65 live-recorded itineraries (smiling when he’d say to “… cross over at the crossing, …

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Museum of London Logo

Six Reasons Why My Tweet Went Viral (Sort Of)

One of my recent tweets received over 25,000 impressions (views on peoples’ feeds) in the first 48 hours, which is astonishing and wonderful. Why did this happen, and what can be learned from it? For Londonites: #DidYouKnow the colourful @MuseumofLondon logo is the city limits at various times?? https://t.co/7jm2CGO2Bu pic.twitter.com/4EVeCmuEiv — Sarah J. McCabe (@Sarah_McCabe_) …

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