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Does anything in London appear more incongruous than St Giles' Cripplegate ... standing once the Luftwaffe had done its work on the district. And yet, though horrendously damaged and burned ...
St Giles parish, immortalised in Hogarth’s ‘Gin Lane’, was the site of London’s most notorious rookery of the time. Home to a relentless tide of immigrants, coiners, sex-workers ...
for it creates a toytown element to this part of London - an area once known as the 'Rookery' and one of the city's poorest slums. Indeed, it was St Giles-in-the-field where the Great Plague of ...
But the area, along with neighbouring Holborn and St Giles ... the City of London. "We're trying to do it with this area - pull it together so people understand the commercial district." ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
In a new novel from co-authors Lila Cain, 'The Blackbirds of St Giles' explores this lesser-known part of London's 19th century history. BBC Radio London's Robert Elms has been finding out more.
Elinor Eustace will join thousands of runners on Sunday, 27 April, taking on the 26.2-mile challenge to raise vital funds for the hospice. With a fundraising target of £2,620 - representing £100 for ...
Elinor Eustace, CEO of St Giles Hospice is preparing to run the London Marathon this Spring Elinor Eustace will join thousands of runners on Sunday, 27 April, taking on the 26.2-mile challenge to ...