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Literary London: Wood Street

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

When need to some more wood for your woodpile in medieval London, you’d head to the sellers of Wood Street - just off Cheapside in the City of London. The street today bears little resemblance to its earlier incarnation; having been almost totally destroyed during the blitz very little of its’ pre-1940 heritage now remains. But it would be a mistake to see this as ‘new’ part of London, as it has its place in history and particularly in literature. (more…)

Tags: ben jonson, charles dickens, cheapside, city of london, London, samuel pepys, william wordsworth, wood street
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Samuel Johnson - The Consummate Londoner

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Image © Will Pearson 2009.

This morning we have added the Dr Samuel Johnson statue virtual tour to the London Revolution map. The 360 tour shows a statue of a diminutive, slightly caricatured man holding a book. Dr Johnson is best known of course as a lexicographer - as the author of the first ‘Dictionary of the English Language’, completed in under a decade and containing 42,773 entries, an incredible feat. (more…)

Tags: dr johnson, dr johnson statue, London, londoner, samuel johnson, samuel johnson statue, strand
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