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‘The project interested people open to thinking about things’

… Hackney residents in the 80s.

 

Photograph: The Rio Cinema Archive

 

Once upon a time in Hackney: 80s photos of poverty, protest – and partying

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Tue 27 Oct 2020    11.16 GMT

Last modified on Tue 27 Oct 2020    11.18 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27
/rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Regent’s Canal, Bethnal Green, 1987

 

George Trewby’s magnificent gasometer

constructed for the Gas Light and Coke Company in 1889

towers over the frozen canal

 

Photograph: Colin O'Brien (1940-2016)

 

 The last days of London - in pictures

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Friday 24 July 2015        07.30 BST

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jul/24/
last-days-london-in-pictures-colin-obrien-photographs

 

Related

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/26/colin-o-brien-obituary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schoolgirls playing netball

on the roof of the Henry Fawcett School, Kennington, London in 1938.

 

Photograph: William Vanderson/Getty Images

 

A letter to my school PE teachers, from a former fat kid

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Friday 7 August 2015        16.52 BST

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/07/
pe-teachers-fat-children-stereotyped-overweight

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Changing times … London, 1950.

 

Photograph: Haywood Magee/Getty Images

 

The Life Project: what makes some people

happy, healthy and successful – and others not?

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Saturday 27 February 2016    08.59 GMT

Last modified on Saturday 27 February 2016    13.32 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/27/
the-life-project-what-makes-some-people-happy-healthy-successful-and-others-not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St Paul’s Cathedral from Southwark Bridge, City of London

1855-9

 

Unknown photographer,

possibly Alfred Rosling (1802-82)

 

Picturing England: photographs of English life

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Wednesday 29 July 2015

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/29/
picturing-england-photographs-english-life-historic-archive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

city > London        UK / USA

 

http://www.londonmapper.org.uk/

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27/
rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jun/03/
unhappy-hour-londons-west-end-during-lockdown-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/02/
big-picture-chris-schwarz-albany-arts-centre-deptford

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/04/
how-london-southall-became-little-punjab-

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/oct/03/
london-markets-100-years-ago-archives-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/gallery/2017/sep/18/
no-place-like-home-in-pictures

 

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/18/
537890448/london-literally-stank-in-the-summer-of-1858-just-ask-dickens-and-darwin

 

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/11/world/europe/uk-london-
brexit.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/mar/06/
brick-lane-exposed-impressions-east-end-london-1980s-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/29/
ken-russell-post-war-london-in-pictures-rolleicord-teddy-girls

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global/2016/aug/26/
colin-o-brien-obituary

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/23/
unbuilt-london-monorail-straight-river-thames

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/aug/02/
how-london-was-built-tower-bridge-southbank-in-pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jun/17/
john-claridge-east-end-photographs-in-pictures

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/mar/31/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/31/
ian-nairn-london-guide-architecture-book-archive-1966

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/mar/14/
winners-and-losers-london-social-housing-divide-barnet-camden
londoners-in-pictures-tori-ferenc

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/
opinion/sunday/london-lost-and-found.html

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/03/
london-might-have-been-designs-alternative-architecture-pictures

 

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/video/2015/oct/22/
antony-gormley-london-squatted-how-things-changed-video

 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/jul/29/
picturing-england-photographs-english-life-historic-archive

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/28/
opinion/roger-cohen-lovely-lamentable-london.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2015/jul/24/
last-days-london-in-pictures-colin-obrien-photographs

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/jul/02/
london-new-york-capital

 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/apr/06/
developers-antiseptic-london-city

 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/feb/24/
the-city-that-privatised-itself-to-death-london-is-now-
a-set-of-improbable-sex-toys-poking-gormlessly-into-the-air

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/aug/23/
is-london-a-good-place-to-live

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/may/22/
bridge-the-architecture-of-londons-river-in-pictures

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/may/22/
london-through-eyes-graphic-designer-edward-bawden

 

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/nov/11/
new-london-housing-aimed-at-wealthy

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/20/
future-london-capital-risks-soul

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/10/20/
travel/lessons-from-living-in-london.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/oct/05/
crap-towns-london-bradford-chipping-norton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Central London > West End

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_of_London

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2020/jun/03/
unhappy-hour-londons-west-end-during-lockdown-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

London borough in Inner London > Hackney

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Borough_of_Hackney

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/oct/27/
rio-tape-slide-newsreel-group-hackney-cinema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deptford, south-east London

 

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/sep/02/
big-picture-chris-schwarz-albany-arts-centre-deptford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How London's Southall became 'Little Punjab'        G        Wed 4 Apr 2018

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/apr/04/
how-london-southall-became-little-punjab-

 

 

 

 

ome reinvented, others long lost:

London's markets 100 years ago – in pictures        G        3 October 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/oct/03/
london-markets-100-years-ago-archives-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

Brick Lane exposed:

a 1980s view of east London – in pictures        G        6 March 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2017/mar/06/
brick-lane-exposed-impressions-east-end-london-1980s-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

London Ends:

the city's forgotten neighbourhoods – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/dec/02/
london-ends-city-forgotten-neighbourhoods-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

Ken Russell's post-war London – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/nov/29/
ken-russell-post-war-london-in-pictures-rolleicord-teddy-girls

 

 

 

 

London's sewers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2016/nov/10/
virtual-reality-by-the-guardian

 

 

 

 

Neverwhere - an alternate London beneath the real city

https://www.theguardian.com/books/gallery/2016/jul/14/
illustrating-neil-gaimans-neverwhere-in-pictures-chris-riddell-london

 

 

 

 

How London was built:

from Tower Bridge to the South Bank – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/aug/02/
how-london-was-built-tower-bridge-southbank-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

The vanished East End – in pictures

 

David Granick’s shots

from the 1960s and 70s

capture a fading world.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/feb/13/
east-end-in-colour-london-david-granick

 

 

 

 

Corsets and chickens:

the East End in the 1960s – in pictures

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/jun/17/
john-claridge-east-end-photographs-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

From Cripplegate to Agar Town:

inside London's vanished neighbourhoods

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jun/24/
london-vanished-neighbourhoods-cripplegate-agar-town-limehouse-chinatown

 

 

 

 

the Great Fire of London        1666

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/30/
great-fire-of-london-1666-350th-anniversary-which-buildings-disappeared

 

 

 

 

city > London > Brixton        UK / USA

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jan/14/
brixton-makeover-gentrification-then-and-now-in-pictures

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/05/world/europe/
from-riots-and-rebels-to-juice-bars-and-tapas-a-new-brixton-emerges.html

 

 

 

 

city > London > London Mapper

A Social Atlas of London - launched 11 May 2014

http://www.londonmapper.org.uk/ 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/may/11/
london-houseprices

 

 

 

 

Norman Foster unveils plans

for elevated 'SkyCycle' bike routes in London        2 January 2014

 

Plan for 220km network

of bike paths suspended above railway lines

could see commuters gliding to work over rooftops

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/architecture-design-blog/2014/jan/02/
norman-foster-skycycle-elevated-bike-routes-london

 

 

 

 

inhabitant

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/apr/07/
londons-most-expensive-street-kensington-palace-gardens

 

 

 

 

cityscapes

 

 

 

 

Shit London awards 2012 - in pictures        2012

 

The winners and runners-up

in the second annual

Shit London photography awards,

celebrating the city's

ugliest buildings,

worst shop names

and most depressing views

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2012/dec/06/
shit-london-awards-2012-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

skyscraper

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

 

 

 

 

high-rise

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

 

 

 

 

tower

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

 

 

 

 

skyline

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/13/
boris-johnson-proper-debate-london-skyline

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/mar/12/
london-skyscrapers-shard-gherkin-architecture

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2012/dec/02/
london-high-rise-craze-ruins-skyline

 

 

 

 

London's skyline > the Shard

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/video/2012/oct/26/
view-shard-london-video

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2011/jan/30/
shard-renzo-piano-london-bridge

 

 

 

 

London's historic skylines

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2014/apr/21/
london-historic-skylines-in-pictures

 

 

 

 

What a difference 400 years makes:

the London skyline 1616 v 2016 – interactive

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/03/
london-skyline-1616-2016-interactive-faders-visscher

 

 

 

 

Boston Globe > Big Picture

London from above, at night        USA

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/
london_from_above_at_night.html

 

 

 

 

block of flats

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/dec/31/
london-teenage-stabbing-victim-named

 

 

 

 

on the Pelican Estate

in Peckham, London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/dec/30/
london-gang-deaths-david-cameron

 

 

 

 

Robin Hood Gardens housing estate

in Poplar, east London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/joepublic/2009/jul/27/
robin-hood-gardens-listed

 

 

 

 

Heygate housing estate in south London

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/sep/03/
heygate-estate-south-london-hollywood

 

 

 

 

gentrification

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/gallery/2016/jan/14/
brixton-makeover-gentrification-then-and-now-in-pictures

 

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/18/
-sp-truth-about-gentrification-how-woodberry-down-became-woodberry-park

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/07/
new-local-butcher-fishmonger-pleasing

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/02/
london-inequality-house-prices

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2013/aug/02/
alex-wheatle-gentrification-brixton-video

 

 

 

 

cities > aerotropolis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2013/mar/03/
aerotropolis-london-kasarda-rowan-moore

 

 

 

 

lidos and ponds

http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jul/24/
outdoor-swimming-tour-london-top-10-lidos-and-ponds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grosvenor House, Park Lane

 

This wild 1933 redesign

of the hotel in Park Lane

by German artist and set designer George Ramon

includes a multi-level road – and a landing strip on the roof

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Tuesday 3 November 2015        12.45 GMT

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2015/nov/03/
london-might-have-been-designs-alternative-architecture-pictures 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Stockwell shooting / Jean-Charles de Menezes    2005

 

 

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Evacuation Operation Pied Piper - September 1939,

The Blitz    1940-1941

 

 

 

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