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A Punjabi immigrant spent 10 years selling goods door to door in 1930s London before opening a modest restaurant in 1946. Four generations later, Punjab Restaurant still serves the same family recipes at 80 Neal Street.
A researcher cracked a 400-year mystery by discovering the exact location of William Shakespeare's missing London property. The breakthrough came from a forgotten 1668 map that revealed where the playwright lived during his final creative years.
A researcher has pinpointed the exact spot where William Shakespeare owned his only London house, solving a centuries-old mystery. The discovery reveals where the playwright may have written his final masterpieces.
Archaeologists in East London discovered a seal from Thomas Jefferson's favorite French wine alongside Victorian children's toys, proving the historically "poor" neighborhood was far more diverse than records suggested. The find rewrites the social history of London's East End.