London
Born in Portsmouth in 1812, the second of eight children, Dickens spent his early years in London and Kent. He would later describe himself as a “very small and not-over-particularly-taken- care-of boy”.
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Zoe Griffin reveals how she realised she needed to stop smoking after she battled to climb the stairs at London's Covent Garden Tube station when the lifts broke. She felt feint and accidentally head-butted her date for the night in the chest. Desperate to quit smoking, she started playing rugby.
Tags: Covent Garden, Feint, Griffin, London, Scientists, Sport, Stairs, Trying To Quit Smoking, Tube Station, Zoe
London, Sep 22 : A range of useful products for spies including a pen that fired tear gas and an exploding safe to get rid of secret documents was developed by MI6's legendary 'Q branch'.
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Australian conductor known as an authority on Czech music and Mozart dies in London, aged 84 The Australian conductor Sir Charles Mackerras, who led the opening concert at the Sydney Opera House and was the first non-Briton to lead the Last night of the Proms, has died in London at the age of 84. He had cancer but was as due to conduct two concerts at the Albert Hall at the end of this month as ...
Tags: Albert Hall, Briton, Cancer, Concerts, Conductor, Czech Music, Last Night Of The Proms, Led, London, Mozart, Night Of The Proms, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sydney Opera House
The original Comedy Store where I was the MC [from 1979] didn't close until the last punter staggered off into the Soho night at 4am. Tired and sweaty, I would collect my bike from where it was chained in the alley that connected Dean Street and Wardour Street, and cycle the three miles home to my council tower block in Fulham.
Tags: Alexei Sayle, Comedy Store, Dean, Dean Street, Fulham, London, Mate, Punter, Soho Night, Tower Block, Wardour Street
