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Your Life Without Me by James Meek review – angel of destruction haunts a domestic drama

A plot to blow up St Paul’s Cathedral is seen through the lens of family tragedy

The Guardian - UK

Hidden London: St Dunstan in the East

Despite a brutal history, this is a survivor, a church that is still standard. John Darlington reports

Evening Standard

Royal Observatory Greenwich: The birthplace of modern astronomy turns 350

That's a lot of standard candles.

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Scrapping St Paul's gyratory 'race track' will deliver City's biggest ever new open space

Work starts on April 28 and the first phase will take up to two years to complete.

Evening Standard

Some people’s ancestors are kings or poets. I’m proud my family invented … the corridor

I always thought genealogy was as dull as looking at other people’s holiday snaps – until I found out about a 16th-century architect who transformed the stately homes of his era

The Guardian - UK

AP PHOTOS: Girls will be part of St. Paul's Cathedral choir on Christmas Day for first time

For the first time in its 900-year history, girls will form part of the choir performing at the Christmas Day service on Wednesday at London’s majestic St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The Independent UK

Tour the refreshed Saint Andrew Holborn: an icon reveals its crisp new interior in London

DaeWha Kang reimagines Saint Andrew Holborn church through a sensitive architectural solution that blends tradition and modernity in London

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St Paul’s Cathedral to host guests for £7 in ‘secret’ 300-year-old library

Guests can delve deeper into history of London landmark in one-of-a-kind stay to mark World Book Day

The Guardian - UK

St Paul’s Cathedral unveils hidden library available for once-in-a-lifetime stay - for just £7

Two guests will get the chance to stay in the ‘secret’ room of the historic London landmark on March 15

Evening Standard

Warm memories of Jim Bennett, whose work on Christopher Wren inspired many

Letters: Prof Anthony Geraghty and Jenny Woodhouse salute the work and the kindness of the historian and museum curator

The Guardian - UK

A tale of two tombs: my shock discovery at this Canberra building

These two pioneers shared a passion for anatomy and significant buildings.

The Canberra Times

Blitz firefighters’ wartime paintings to go on display in London churches

Initiative marks 300 years since death of Christopher Wren, many of whose churches were bombed in second world war

The Guardian - UK

Design news: Ghana’s art stars, dark skies in Denmark and artistic uniforms

Looking forward to this year’s London Design Festival, designer Faye Toogood and a new book celebrating Ghanian artists

The Guardian - UK

What to see at the Greenwich+Docklands International Festival: our picks of this year’s mega line-up

Ready your diaries: the London festival returns with a jam-packed roster of inspiring and thought-provoking shows

Evening Standard

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Birmingham Post

Facelift planned for Wroxall Abbey Hotel after two administrations

Country pile which was once home to Sir Christopher Wren will have a new spa and health club as part of refurb work following reopening last year

The Guardian - UK

Tower Bridge steam-cleaned and a Kentish Serengeti: the River Thames, part three

The third part of Jill Mead’s look at a year in the life of the great River Thames takes in the waterway over the course of some of the colder months

Evening Standard

OPINION - The Leader podcast: Loyd Grossman on London’s original starchitect

Special for 300th anniversary of St Paul’s designer’s death

Evening Standard

We should honour London’s greatest architect far more

This year is the 300th anniversary of the death of Christopher Wren, a name forever associated with one of the capital’s greatest architectural masterpieces, St Paul’s Cathedral. The story of how St Paul’s rose from the ashes of the Great Fire of London in 1666 is well known: Wren’s final…

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Nottingham Post

Prince Harry's Netflix Nottingham Cottage claim debunked by fans and historian

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex lived in Nottingham Cottage before they got married

Nottingham Post

Review: The Mousetrap at Nottingham Theatre Royal

The entire cast did a fantastic job

The Guardian - UK

June Huh, deep thinking and the value of idleness

Letters: Trevor Jones and Tim Watson reflect on an editorial about the mathematician and would-be poet Prof June Huh

The Independent UK

Brentwood Cathedral given listed status

The Essex cathedral’s Wren-inspired design incorporates a surviving section of a Gothic church dating from 1861.

The Guardian - UK

What links Salvador Dalí to Christopher Wren? The Saturday quiz

From the Bulletproof Boy Scouts to the Declaration of Breda, test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Independent UK

Camilla picks Elizabeth I to join her at an evening book club

The Duchess of Cornwall was speaking at the Chalke Valley History Festival.

Evening Standard

Nine incredible things you never knew about St Paul's Cathedral

Among other things, it's a haven for Mary Poppins and Harry Potter fans

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