“the sense of dashed hopes is perhaps greater here than anywhere else in the world”
Read MoreKing Edward VII opened the Victoria and Albert Museum on June 26, 1909. That event (occasion) is the subject of today’s Today in London History podcast. TRANSCRIPT London calling. London Walks connecting. London Walks here with your daily London fix. Story time. History time. It happened. I knew it would. My conscience got the better […]
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