Tag Archives: #kingscross

We seek redress on traffic and pollution at Kings Cross!

Posted on December 17, 2020 by Daniel Z. Zylbersztajn-Lewandowski

The case of Ella Kissi-Debrah shows clearly what impact air pollution has. It kills, and by not doing enough to keep us safe, it could be deemed to be manslaughter, corporate manslaughter, an infringement of our human rights! The Kings … Continue reading →

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Fabulous ‘new’ 1895 map of Kings Cross online – five feet to the mile!

Posted on January 29, 2016 by William Perrin

A wonderful online presentation of the 1893-95 Ordnance Survey sheets for London are available from the National Library for Scotland.  At this astonishing scale the detail is exquisite, even within some buildings such as the train stations (predating Google by … Continue reading →

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Local man pleads guilty to preventing lawful burial of the body in shopping trolley in the canal

Posted on January 6, 2016 by William Perrin

Of all the appalling deaths in Kings Cross this one was the strangest for years – the body of an Italian man Sebastiano Magnanini (pictured), found last autumn in a shopping trolley in Regents Canal. (There’s a (very) Guardian background piece … Continue reading →

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