Londonist: Time Machine

Londonist: Time Machine

The Tower of London's Raven Myth Is Really A Spring Chicken

Probably invented during the war.

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Matt Brown
Apr 03, 2024
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Image: Jeff Hitchcock under creative commons licence.

It’s the Easter holidays where I am (and probably where you are), and I’m having some seasonal fun with the family. My fingers are too chocolate-coated to type out a full, fresh newsletter. Instead, here’s an adapted and extended excerpt from my book Everything You Know About London is Wrong… a mythbu…

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