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sweatshop

from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat

Banksy's sweatshop laborer on the side of a Poundmark store in North London. This one has been covered by plexiglass with some of that union jack bunting preserved between the plexiglass and the wall.

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hoxton street

from the verve posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

The street that Richard Ashcroft walks down in the video for "Bittersweet Symphony" is Hoxton Street in London. If you want to recreate this, start lip-syncing next to the Golden Fried Chicken on the corner of Hoxton and Falkirk and head north, but refrain from bumping into people like an asshole.

The video was inspired by the 1991 video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack where Shara Nelson walks down a street in Los Angeles, singing and ignoring her surroundings just like Richard Ashcroft did, but not being such a dick.

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sylvia plath’s home

from sylvia plath posted in literature by crabapple

Sylvia Plath, the American writer and poet, committed suicide at this location on February 11, 1963. Plath had asphyxiated from carbon monoxide by putting her head in the oven.

In 1982, Plath was the first poet to win the Pulitzer Prize posthumously for her poetry book, The Collected Poems. Her book, The Bell Jar, was originally published under the pseudonym, Victoria Lucas, and was first published a month after her death in 1963. In 1967, it was published for the first time under her name, and not published in the United States until 1971.

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the fleapit

from pulling posted in television by chewing_the_scenery

In the BBC comedy Pulling that aired from 2006-2009, Louise worked at The FleaPit cafe/bar/gallery in London on Columbia Road. The Guardian called Sharon Horgan, who co-wrote the series and plays Donna, 'the funniest woman you've never heard of.' Now you've heard of her.

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shop ‘til you drop

from banksy posted in art and design by nevereatshreddedwheat

This piece from 2011 assumed to be by Banksy (who really knows) is high up on the side of a building in Mayfair.

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