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Life in Tudor London

Life in Tudor London | Human Interest | Scoop.it
A map of London dating from c1572. (Getty Images)   The large and vibrant city of Tudor London held an unrivalled position within England as the centre of government, political life and the law.

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Kent College History's curator insight, June 18, 2017 2:05 PM
'From the stench of fish markets to the raucous racket of playhouses and pedestrian traffic jams, visitors to Tudor London were accosted by the vibrant sights, sounds and smells of a booming metropolis. Stephen Porter, author of Everyday Life in Tudor London, takes us on a trip through the city streets …'
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Awakenings: ♫Woodstock...a different story of the 80s♫

Awakenings: ♫Woodstock...a different story of the 80s♫ | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Are you a Baby Boomer? Whether you are or not, there is a good chance you are familiar with the Three Days of Peace and Music that became a symbol of an entire generation - the original Woodstock Festival and Where the Seeds of Woodstock were Sown. These occurred during the Decade that Changed a Nation - the 60s. Perhaps you lived it or simply heard about it falling in love with the music of the times. The scheduled three-day concert rolled into a fourth day encompassing lots of sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll - plus a lot of mud. Woodstock of the 80s is quite a different story...


Today in Music History: July 13

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Spooky, Beautiful 1930s Photos of London Streets at Night

Spooky, Beautiful 1930s Photos of London Streets at Night | Human Interest | Scoop.it
With his collaborator John Morrison, Harold Burdekin photographed the streets of the city of London in the dark for his book London Night, published in 1934.
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The Roads Around Late-18th-Century London, Mapped in Close-Up Detail

The Roads Around Late-18th-Century London, Mapped in Close-Up Detail | Human Interest | Scoop.it
These strip maps of roads around London come from an atlas printed in 1790 by mapmaker John Cary.
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Linguistic Geography: My Fair Lady


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Mrs. B's curator insight, May 2, 2015 9:03 PM

LOVE this clip! #Unit 3

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London Is Turning Old Phone Booths Into Free Cell Phone Charging Stations

London Is Turning Old Phone Booths Into Free Cell Phone Charging Stations | Human Interest | Scoop.it

The retrofitted payphones give no-strings-attached power through public advertising.

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How The Star Of A Viral Video Ended Up In A Psychiatric Hospital Before Turning His Life Around

How The Star Of A Viral Video Ended Up In A Psychiatric Hospital Before Turning His Life Around | Human Interest | Scoop.it
How The Star Of A Viral Video Ended Up In A Psychiatric Hospital Before Turning His Life Around

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The Tower of London Remembers

The Tower of London Remembers | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Be a part of the Tower of London’s major centenary commemoration for the outbreak of the First World War.
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17th century London visualized

"Six students from De Montfort University have created a stellar 3D representation of 17th century London, as it existed before The Great Fire of 1666. The three-minute video provides a realistic animation of Tudor London, and particularly a section called Pudding Lane where the fire started. As Londonist notes, “Although most of the buildings are conjectural, the students used a realistic street pattern [taken from historical maps] and even included the hanging signs of genuine inns and businesses” mentioned in diaries from the period."

Tony Aguilar's curator insight, November 8, 2013 2:53 AM

London in the 1700's was a chacterised by buildings that were very tighly packed together with obviously little fire code. There buildings are similiar to other communities thrughout Europe and areas in Switzerland. This remake of the past gives the student an animated journey into an  England that once was before the fire. It appears preindustrial revolution and shows how the economy was run by individual businesses and markets, its always interesting to look into the past and see the way the same cities exist today. Most importantly we learn and have the best fire codes possible

Steven Flis's curator insight, December 16, 2013 11:24 AM

For someone who loves history as much as i do this was a real treat. It honest makes you feel as if you could hop on a plane and travel there right now. Also as someone who has walked the streets of london you can see glimpses of these times within the architechture and the city planning. Great video really makes me nostalgic for a time in which was way before myself.

Mrs. Karnowski's curator insight, August 27, 2014 6:41 AM

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Top 20 Pronunciation Of London Place Names • Pronounce London

Top 20 Pronunciation Of London Place Names • Pronounce London | Human Interest | Scoop.it
How to pronounce the top 20 London place names. If you want to feel like a London insider instead of the typical tourist, learn these key pronunciations.
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London Should Secede From the United Kingdom

London Should Secede From the United Kingdom | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Beyond the stunning act that has become Britain’s vote to leave the European Union lies a deeper message: Democracy is not destiny, but devolution. Ceaseless entropy — the second law of thermodynamics — applies to politics as well. The more countries democratize, the more local populations seek greater self-rule.
Kelsey McIntosh's curator insight, January 18, 2018 7:40 PM

In this article, Parag Khanna argues exactly what the title suggests, "London should secede from the United Kingdom". In light of the UK's decision to leave the European Union, Khanna discusses that "Londoners... voted by a wide majority to 'remain' in the EU" and suggests that many Londoners have lost their sense of British Pride after the secession. Though it is mentioned that the city "can't and won't" leave the country, the exit from the EU directly impacts London's economy because "immigrants are essential for the city’s financial and education sectors". Without the immigrants, the city's finances will not only be in jeopardy, but its connection between foreign places will be impacted as well. 

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Infiltrating London: Subterranean Exploration in the British Capital

Infiltrating London: Subterranean Exploration in the British Capital | Human Interest | Scoop.it

London is a complicated place. It is a melting pot of cultures and races, a nexus for trade and travel, which archaeologists believe to have been occupied...

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The Apocalypse that Shrunk South London

The Apocalypse that Shrunk South London | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Not Chernobyl. Not a sunken cruise ship at the bottom of the ocean. In that order, those were my guesses as to what exactly I was looking at when I first sq
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'Dirty Old London': Geographies of Human Waste

'Dirty Old London': Geographies of Human Waste | Human Interest | Scoop.it

In the 19th century, London was the capital of the largest empire the world had ever known — and it was infamously filthy. It had choking, sooty fogs; the Thames River was thick with human sewage; and the streets were covered with mud.  But according to Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, mud was actually a euphemism. 'It was essentially composed of horse dung,' he tells Fresh Air's Sam Briger. 'There were tens of thousands of working horses in London [with] inevitable consequences for the streets. And the Victorians never really found an effective way of removing that, unfortunately.'"


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Samuel Meyer's curator insight, March 23, 2015 12:03 PM

London has come a far way from the industrial town it was in the 19th century, and is now cleaner than ever. But pollution led to many issues in London at the time. This is also evident in the developing world today, such as in China, Africa, and South America.

EuroHistoireGeoAmiens's curator insight, April 11, 2015 10:16 AM

Pas mal en première pour une étude détaillée du Londres de Dickens

Emily Bian's curator insight, May 23, 2015 11:41 AM

This article is about London, UK during the time of Industrial Revolution. The city of London expanded so rapidly, that there wasn't enough time for urban planning. Factories and houses were going up everywhere, and thousands of people migrated to London for jobs. This led to an influx of filth. The air was polluted and there wasn't adequate irrigation systems or waste systems. Everything dirty could be found on the streets like horse dung, and the water would get polluted and unsanitary. 

I liked this article, because it really created an image in my head how terrible and filthy the Industrial Revolution was at the start. 

7)Development and character of cities

Development and character of cities

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London's second languages mapped by tube stop

London's second languages mapped by tube stop | Human Interest | Scoop.it

"Walk along the streets of London and it’s not uncommon to hear a variety of langauges jostling for space in your eardrums. Step inside a tube carriage on the underground and the story is no different.

Oliver O’Brien, researcher in geovisualisation and web mapping at University College London’s department of geography, has created a map showing what the most common second language (after English) is at certain tube stops across the capital.

Using a map of tube journeys and busy stations that he had previously created, O’Brien used 2011 Census data to add the second most commonly spoken language that people who live nearby speak."

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Kristin Mandsager San Bento's curator insight, April 6, 2015 9:29 PM

This made me think of how this could be done in New York City.  I imagine results would be similar.  You could map out the languages for sure.  

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Ghosts of London's Christmas past and present – in pictures

Ghosts of London's Christmas past and present – in pictures | Human Interest | Scoop.it
Getty Images photographer Peter Macdiarmid researched archival photographs of Christmas time in London, and digitally merged them with modern shots – restoring underlying historical connections with the city’s past
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The London Array

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Twenty kilometers (12 miles) from England’s Kent and Essex coasts, the world’s largest offshore wind farm has started harvesting the breezes over the sea. Located in the Thames Estuary, where the River Thames meets the North Sea, the London Array has a maximum generating power of 630 megawatts (MW), enough to supply as many as 500,000 homes.

The wind farm became fully operational on April 8, 2013. Twenty days later, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured this image of the area. The second image is a closeup of the area marked by the white box in the top image. White points in the second image are the wind turbines; a few boat wakes are also visible. The sea is discolored by light tan sediment—spring runoff washed out by the Thames.

Albert Jordan's curator insight, January 29, 2014 8:16 PM

England is in a peculiar situation due to their geographic location limiting their ability to expand outward and collect homegrown resources. As the first world nations push towards a “greener” and more sustainable energy producing ability, the effects of trying to help the Earth, both positive and negative need to be taken into effect. As some opponents to the wind farm have brought up, it can negatively affect the bird species in the area. What matters most? England’s attempt to wean themselves off of unsustainable resource dependence in order to enhance the future generations may be seen as a positive but with every action, there is a reaction.

 The issue that comes up as we humans try to better our relationship with the Earth in an effort not to destroy our home, paired with our lust for a healthy and non-apocalyptic future that we can still absorb ourselves into social media – do we negatively impact local animal species for our greater cause or do we limit our footprint even if it takes a viable option for the enhancement of our own resource dependence off the table. I guess if the long term effect on the birds and the resulting issues of their no longer presence was fully and responsibly researched and the pros and cons were compared to each other, then time will tell if the wind farm does more harm or good.

Shiva Prakash's curator insight, February 3, 2014 11:21 PM

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Tracy Galvin's curator insight, May 5, 2014 3:08 PM

It is very nice to see alternative forms of energy being explored. The conscious effort to cut carbon emissions is a benefit for the entire planet.