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First-Class Tickets for the Dead
Take your final trip on the London Necropolis Railway, which transported coffins and mourners from the city to Brookwood Cemetery in Surrey. Make sure to get a first-class ticket so that your body doesn’t mix with those of a lower sort.
A Week with Andy Warhol, 1978
Join Andy Warhol at the Dorchester Hotel as he goes to the opening of his Athletes Series at the ICA; as he parties with Bob Dylan, Bianca Jagger and Jack Nicholson; and as the drug-fuelled lives of his entourage are spinning out of control. [CW: suicide attempt]
The Immortal Game, 1851
Witness the most famous game of chess ever played – and discover the tragic downfall of its loser, Lionel Kieseritzky.
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William Blake the engraver’s apprentice
The site of the workshop of the engraver James Basire, to whom visionary artist William Blake was apprenticed, 1772-1779