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On 4th December 1745 the Jacobite Army reached Derby, a town only 120 miles or so from London.

It was a long march under the leadership of Charles Edward Stuart - also known as 'The Young Pretender' or Bonnie Prince Charlie. The journey was part of their bid to reach London and overthrow the Hanoverian monarchy of George II.

Did the Bonnie Prince really believe he could take his troops all the way from the Highlands to the heart of the English capital in the snow? Apparently yes. He was nothing if not ambitious. Moreover, Highland soldiers were used to snow and to harsh conditions. Derby was really not all that far off the mark in terms of distance from London, either.

We do not know for sure how many men the Jacobite army consisted of by this stage. But the Prince's vanguard, when they reached Derby, requested billets for 9000 troops most sources however say there was between 4 and 5 thousand. . This must have seemed an enormous number for so small a town to sustain. Most of the local people in Altrincham or Derby, or any of the other towns along the way, would not have seen anything quite like it before. Nor ever would again.

Prince Charles' men were in the highest of spirits in Derby, with bells ringing out, bonfires blazing and men jovially queuing to get their swords sharpened, it must have been similar to the Tartan Army’s bi-annual  ventures to London, only the Jacobites would go no further south.

As the prodmanantly Scottish army bunkered down for the night news of the advance of the Jacobite march reached London and panic prevailed. Many of the inhabitants fled to the country, carrying along with them their most valuable effects, and that all the shops were shut, that there was a prodigious run upon the banks, who narrowly avoided going bust.

In preparation for the approaching rebels, an army began to gather on Finchley Common to defend London.

But, the Jacobite threat was already weakening, with talk among leaders of a retreat now circling. The march south had been met with a flattering response in many towns but the expected recruitment of new soldiers from the north of England had not delivered. Weapons and supplies sent from France had not arrived.

Lord George Murray, the senior Jacobite commander, urged a retreat. I shall return and take up the story in the next couple of days.

The painting depicts a scene in the winter of 1745 near Manchester, and is entitled 'The Pretender's Troops Entering Altrincham at Dawn, December 1745'. It is by Tom Colley.

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IS THIS MY PUNISHMENT FOR CHOOSING TO STUDY AND WRITE ON JEWS IN GERMANY IN my DEGREES??? tall Julia and the Feinman's, Cohen of London etc women, as well as famous Friedlander. and even the writers of the Reform Prayer Books took some..MY DAUGHTER BOUGHT ME THEM, I HAVE GIVEN THEM AWAY TO CHARITY SHOPS-- I FEEL BETRAYED AND DISGUSTED--/they went to university as did I, so why shame all OF jewery??/ All made their names on Fekete college and University work - it is stolen by lab st barths human research paid thieves..sent to lab. Indian operative and wife was asked by tall Julia Mankovitz of Finchley to rob APPLEYARDS storage, -- take Fekete's s/h blouses and her painting books.. he did, he was seen abroad at labs. Imagine someone so rich stealing second hand blouses and probably third hand some of them?? and as for neutering my son for life, because he had gone to /Tall blonde lad/ Reform Synagogue Roman Rd Leeds with me............... as well as his younger brother whom they strapped..................... I totally understand Shakespeare now... though Mankovitz keeps ringing facebook to block me..

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BUCCHERI-BARBER SHOP-LONDON-PAINTINGS-ART-FINCHLEY RD-SHOPS-INTERIOR-ERNEST DESCALS-ARTIST-PAINTER- por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: BUCCHERI-BARBER SHOP-LONDON-PAINTINGS-ART-FINCHLEY RD-SHOPS-INTERIOR-ERNEST DESCALS-ARTIST-PAINTER- El interior dela barbería BUCCHERI BARBER SHOP en Finchley Rd en el barrio de Golders Green en la ciudad de LONDRES, Inglaterra, escenas de paisajes urbanos con interiores de tiendas, el local ahora está vacío, pero las sillas rojas y los espejos nos ofrecen la expresión de la vida cotidiana con luz que entra por los ventanales. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros.

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Final concept and story

Navigating a war-devastated village in search of a coffee house. The coffee house, one of his most famous paintings, served as the inspiration for this concept. When Ratcliffe stopped for lunch at a coffee shop in neighboring Finchley, he discovered this to be an intriguing and complicated topic. He came back over a few days to sketch and collect data for the painting, which was finished at home.

The player then ventures out into the deserted town in search of the coffee shop while carrying the artwork of Ratcliffe. He sets out to locate this location out of sentimental interest.

Story –

The backdrop for the narrative was motivated by the fact that the majority of Ratcliffe's well-known paintings were produced in the years preceding World War 1. So I made the decision to make the location an abandoned, war-devastated town.

In order to locate the coffee shop shown in the artwork "the coffee house," the player decides to explore this town.

The player searches the town for the missing pieces of the painting that was damaged during the war in order to determine the precise appearance and location of the coffee shop.

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Found at an RSPCA charity shop in East Finchley;

1. Some phones that reminded me of my childhood

2. A hand painted Tom the cat mug.

3. A copy of Brian Froud’s Faeries which was wrapped loosely on clingfilm for some reason. I bought the book for £2.

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Near Finchley London

Destination

There are several tourist destinations in Finchley. As a part of London, it receives thousands of local and international guests each year. One of the highlights of city tours is a visit at Stephens House and Gardens. It is an extensive landscaped garden that offers a refreshing break from the hustles of city life. For history enthusiasts, a visit at any of the museums around the borough is a must. Freud, Barnet, Bruce Castle, and the Jewish Museums display artifacts and souvenirs of the past. They give you a brief yet very educational encounter of the early times of United Kingdom and its people.

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WHERE TO GO ICE SKATING IN LONDON

Skate at Somerset House 14 November-13 January The popular Skate at Somerset House with Fortnum and Mason is back with an impressive 40ft Christmas tree, the Skate Lates live music nights, and Après-skate treats like mulled wine and mince pies or champagne and chocolate fondue at Fortnum’s Lodge. Fortnum’s Christmas Arcade also returns, transforming the West Wing at Somerset House into a festive shopping destination. Tickets from £11. Open from 8.45am-11.15pm for one-hour skate sessions (earliest and latest session available on selected dates only). Read more here

Ice skating is a favorite hobby of Londoners. Flashback in the 1920’s, it was a sensational activity for many Londoners. But even before that, several paintings show the interest of people to ice skating. This Christmas, the list of ice rinks continues to increase to provide people more enjoyment and relaxation. Compared with the ice rinks of the past centuries, modern-day structures have add-ons to maximize your every visit. Visitors can choose from the wide selection of Instagram-worthy view like in Tower of London or National History Museum. Once you get tired, there are also café and restaurants offering hot drinks and festive food. All these additional offerings make the ice rink a one-stop destination for ice skaters.

British Museum in Finchley London

The British Museum has one of the largest collections of valuable works showcasing the history of Britain and humans in general. It opened in 1753 as a “universal museum” and since then, it continued to add more to its collection to become one of the largest museums in the world. It has over 100 galleries housing the memorabilia of Britain and other parts of the world. It is subdivided into departments to display some valuable objects from different countries. Aside from an educational historic visit, there are also interactive activities for the whole family. Digital workshops, art sessions and comic making are just some of the age-specific programs for kids of all ages.

Link to map

Driving Direction

33 min (8.9 miles)

via A598

Best route now due to traffic conditions

This route has tolls.

The British Museum

Great Russell St, Bloomsbury, London WC1B 3DG, UK

Take Russell Square to Woburn Pl/A4200

2 min (0.3 mi)

Continue on A4200. Take Euston Rd/A501, Outer Cir, Avenue Road, B511 and A502 to

Hampstead Way

24 min (5.3 mi)

Follow Hampstead Way and Temple Fortune Ln to Finchley Rd/A598

5 min (1.4 mi)

Continue on A598 to Nether St

8 min (1.6 mi)

At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Nether St

Destination will be on the left

53 s (0.2 mi)

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"Suite 2, 206 Nether Street

Finchley; London, N3 1JD; U.K."

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Research for project 3

I found there is an artist called Alessio Albi who uses natural light to capture the image. As the article described, “ Alessio Albi captures incredible, emotionally charged portraits using nothing more than natural light and the environment around his home city of Perugia, Italy.A nutritionist by profession, photographer by passion, Albi’s work often features female subjects, whose contemplative glares, combined with natural, but cinematic light create beautiful, but at times unsettling portraits.” In the interview with Andrew Gibson, Albi says “I love natural light because it creates amazing shapes and volumes that I can’t obtain with artificial light […] I could spend an entire day waiting for that precise ray of light coming through my window and shoot hundreds of photos only with this light source, because I love the way it interacts with the human body. I also love cloudy days for my outside shooting, because clouds create the perfect light diffuser and add lot of atmosphere to pictures”. 

With the natural light we can see how the images combine with the environment . Like the second image, we can feel the isolation and lonely. When natural light comes through doors and windows, it can create a romantic feeling to the picture the photographer takes. This effect isn’t as easy to achieve when artificial lights are used. Also the big contrast in the first image, the dark room and the lighting window. 

Artist: Adam Chodzko

As the article described “Better Scenery is an artwork made up of four components, two photographs and two site-specificsculptures. It was commissioned by Camden Arts Centre, London. The sculptures are large signs, one located in North London, the other in the Painted Desert, Arizona. The photographs, each depicting one of the signs in situ, are displayed as a diptych. In the photograph on the left the sign is set within the O2 shopping and leisure centre’s busy car park off London’s Finchley Road. The photograph depicts a dark, built-up environment beneath an overcast sky. A few trees, shopping trolleys and lampposts are scattered among the many cars in the foreground. In the background the blur of a moving underground train is visible in front of a large Victorian red-brick building. In the photograph on the right the sign stands out against a vast blue sky in a landscape of grasses and yellow flowered brush receding to a flat horizon echoed by a line of mountains behind. A dark sandy hill rises at the left edge of the image. Each sign is a large black rectangle with yellow text that gives detailed road directions in simple language. Both signs are fixed in the ground by two timbers with a wind chime fixed to the top of the left strut. The sign in North London gives directions from Flagstaff, Arizona, to the specific location of the sign in the desert which, in turn, gives directions from Central London to the location of the sign at the O2 carpark. The final sentence of both signs is ‘Situated here, in this place, is a sign which describes the location of this sign you have just finished reading.”.

From this diptych we can see there is a sign both appears in two different location, one represents the urban life and the other one reflects the life of dessert. It makes a huge contrast in order to show us the two different world. It has many different observations in the diptych. Can be seem as a reminder of environment protection, can be seem as two kinds of feeling. The most important thing is the artist used the same stuff in two different location, then the contrast came out by itself. 

Links of the articles.

https://petapixel.com/2014/08/05/using-natural-light-and-subdued-tones-to-create-gorgeous-atmospheric-portraits/

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/chodzko-better-scenery-p78530

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Things To Do In London This Weekend: 28-29 January 2017

All weekend See a neon recreation of the House of Parliament at Chiswick House. Photo: Londonist BREATHE: A weekend of installations, performances and workshops, Space to Breathe at Somerset House is a creative response to the rising pollution levels in London. Find out what you can do to make the city less congested and more energy efficient. Free, just turn up, until 29 January [noon-6pm] THE LIRTERATI: Follow Millie on her journey to becoming a serious journalist as she goes underground with the Litterati community, in this play at Vaults Festival. £15, book ahead, 25-29 January MAGIC LANTERNS: The Magical Lantern Festival is back at Chiswick House Gardens. Follow the trail through the gardens to see lantern installations themed on the Silk Road and the Chinese Year of the Rooster. You can also enjoy ice skating, food from around the world and funfair rides. £16.50/£10.50, book ahead, until 26 February OPEN PLAN: Open Plan at House of Vans in Waterloo is an immersive exhibition showcasing works by modern artists that use painting and sculpture to explore space and architecture. Free, just turn up, 26 January-12 February EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS: Despite being colourblind and having tunnel vision, William Lethorn has found success in the world of art. Working with oils, acrylics, charcoal — and taking inspiration from religion, history and landmarks — Lethorn's selected works are currently being displayed in Exhibition of Paintings at Artsdepot in North Finchley. Free, just turn up, until 8 February ETHICAL TAXIDERMY: Jazmine Miles-Long challenges the ideas and perceptions of taxidermy with her exhibition, Memorial. A Tribute to Taxidermy, at the Horniman Museum. Miles-Long pays tribute to unknown craftsmen of the past, while also demonstrating that taxidermists not only preserve of animals but are masters of many skills. Free, just turn up, until 1 May Saturday 28 January Keep the little ones entertained at Half Moon Theatre with A Square World. FAMILY TIME: Celebrate Chinese New Year at Museum of London Docklands. Take your children along for storytelling, paper-cutting, dragon dancing and more with this special family festival Free, just turn up, from 11am A SQUARE WORLD: A sweet, touching story looking at the unfairness of being left out in the world, A Square World follows three friends as they redefine the meaning of the square world. The theatre show, aimed at 3-6 year olds, takes place at Half Moon Theatre in Limehouse. £7, book ahead, 11am/2pm CHARACTER ENCOUNTERS: Take the kids to the National Maritime Museum for Character Encounters. Explore the struggles of tea trade between Britain and China, dive into the sea with Neptune or learn about life as a Caribbean woman from Pearl Morris. Free, just turn up, noon-3pm (different time slots) INSIDE THE BOX: Perfect for quick-thinkers and creative minds, Inside the Box Game Jam on Brick Lane is a day dedicated to creating a tabletop game in a short amount of time, with prizes and the chance of having your game published. From £10, book ahead, noon-10pm DOMESTIC THEATRE: A pitch black comedy with an all female cast, The Wives of Others surrounds a group of women, all wives of underground criminals, at a dinner party. Set in 1955, New York City, the job that their husbands are on falls apart,  and so does the dinner party. Performed at OSO Arts Centre in Barnes. £12-£15, book ahead, 7pm CLAZZICAL MUSIC: Join British Jazz Award winner Julian Marc Stringle and his Dream Band as they join forces with Sonia Slany’s Solid Strings for an evening of a fusion of classic melodies and Latin rhythms at Chickenshed Theatre in Southgate. £20-£25, book ahead, 8.30pm DJ, DRINKS & DANCE: Fancy an evening of cocktails, dancing and old-school tracks? Let loose with Drink, Shop & Do's DJ, Drinks & Dancing in King's Cross. Free until 10pm, £3 after. Sunday 29 January Take the kids to see The Bear at Artsdepot. CHINESE NEW YEAR: Head on down to Chinatown for the 2017 Chinese New Year Parade. Complete with puppeteers, costumes and music, it's the biggest Chinese New Year parade outside of Asia. Here's everything you need to know. Free, just turn up, from 10am THE BEAR: Keep the little ones entertained with a performance of The Bear at Artsdepot in North Finchley. Follow Tilly on her adventure with a very large polar bear that turns up in her bedroom one night. Aimed at age 3+. £9, book ahead, 11am/2pm RIVER FLEET: Go back in time with this guided tour down the River Fleet. Learn all of the secrets of the Fleet Valley, from the hidden viaducts to the Grecian villas. £12/£9, book ahead, 10.30am-12.30pm IMPACT BOXING: Test your right hook with IMPACT Boxing's workshop at Ace Hotel in Shoreditch. Suitable for all levels, get yourself ready for the week ahead with this crazy fitness workshop. £20, book ahead, 11am-noon ANTI WINTER BLUES: Fight those January blues with a movie at House of Vans. Chosen especially as a part of their Anti Winter Blues season, they will be screening It's Kind of a Funny Story, a movie about a teenage boy who checks himself into a psychiatric ward as he battles depression. Free, just turn up, 2pm/4pm BURNS CELEBRATION: Celebrate Burns Night with an evening of music from the UK's top folk performers at Union Chapel in Islington. Visitors will hear some of poet Robert Burn's work put to music for the first time. £15, book ahead, 7pm RAILWAY COMEDY: Have a laugh with Comedy at the Railway Streatham. Join Ellie Taylor, Nigel NG and other comedians as they take you through their hilarious anecdotes. £6, book ahead, 7.30pm Stage review: A devastating portrayal of benefit cuts Joseph Quinn as Dean Carmody and Erin Doherty as Tamsin Carmody in WISH LIST. Photo: Jonathan Keenan It’s not hard to see why Katherine Soper’s debut play bagged the Bruntwood Prize: tightly structured, surprisingly funny, and incredibly poignant, this is a quietly devastating portrayal of life under Britain’s benefit cuts. The four-strong, first-rate cast in Matthew Xia’s production will leave you feeling battered, but oddly hopeful, in this exposé of the lengths to which some will go to protect the ones they love. Wish List, Royal Court, Sloane Square, Chelsea, SW1W 8AS. From £10, until 11 February ★★★★☆ Savannah Whaley Stage review: Relentless locker room talk to music Gabriel Vick as Chuck & Daisy Maywood as Fran. Photo by Claire Bilyard A bubbling Bacharach soundtrack, inspired production and enthusiastic cast doesn't hide the fact that Promises, Promises at Southwark Playhouse overplays its paper-thin story, for three hours. But leads Gabriel Vick and Daisy Maywood make such a cute couple you might feel inclined to want to take them home. When they come together and sing "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" it is sublime music making.Promises, Promises, Southwark Playhouse, Newington Causeway SE1. £25/£20, until 18 February ★★★☆☆ Paul Ewing Funzing Fun things to do with our friends and sponsor Funzing. A Taster to Theatre Gym - Limited time offer Experience life on stage and see what it takes to be an actor at Theatre Gym. Learn performance skills and network without networking in the class led by trained actress Tal Jakubowiczova. £5 Get tickets Molecular Gastronomy Tapas Dinner Workshop - Clapham Ever fancied yourself as the next Heston Blumenthal? Discover the science meets of molecular gastronomy and help science meet flavour in a vegan tapas dinner workshop. £45 Get tickets Experimental Chocolate Club: Feelgood Flavours Christmas + chocolate = pure bliss, no? Thankfully someone's found a way of combining the two in the form of Experimental Chocolate Club. Spend the afternoon experimenting with some surprising chocolate taste combinations and learning how to taste chocolate properly (it's serious business, you know). Best of all, you'll get some chocolate treats to take home with you. Get tickets

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Dark colours make such a great backdrop for lots of different textures and colours

Michele Birch knows the exact photo prints moment she became a full-blown dark interiors addict. “I went on a course held at interior designer Abigail Ahern’s house in London two years ago. As soon as I walked through the door I thought, wow, this is so dramatic,” says Michele. “Before that I’d only done the odd dark wall here and there, but it gave me a massive push to go further.”

Buoyed on by a like-minded group of Instagrammers, Michele started covering the walls, floors and ceilings of her four-bedroom Victorian terrace in Wallasey, Merseyside, with black, brown and grey paint shades – her favourites being Farrow & Ball’s Railings, Down Pipe and Off Black, as well as Abigail Ahern’s Crosby.

“Dark colours make such a great backdrop for lots of different textures and colours, such as the coloured glass I collect from charity shops or the Sue Timney wall hanging in my living room,” she explains.

One of the few areas to escape the dark treatment is Michele’s meditation room. Formerly the smallest bedroom, it’s now the domain of Michele’s husband John, a practising Buddhist who teaches meditation. He appreciates a calm space to counterbalance his hectic job as an electrical engineer. “He’d probably prefer an all-white house,” admits Michele. “But luckily he’s very easy going and let’s me do what I want with the decor.”

The house has been continuously re-decorated since Michele inherited it from her aunt 24 years ago, even though she only intended to live there for six months as a stop-gap after graduating.

As a fashion student at the University of Central Lancashire in the early 1990s, she always imagined she’d end up in London instead. “I’d worked at M&S in Liverpool for six years before going to university, then designed sportswear for Pineapple on my work placement and had a great time living in Finchley,” says Michele, who met her first husband, a graphic designer, while studying. “But when I got pregnant with my son, Redd, we decided to stay in Liverpool.”

Even in her 20s, Michele’s eclectic taste veered towards dark colours. “My style was very 1950s-inspired, with fitted suits and big hair rolls,” she says. “I loved the bold designs of Biba and Barbara Hulanicki, whose wallpaper I’ve now got in the hall and back room.”

Motherhood put Michele’s career on the back burner, but now she now works as an art technician at a local grammar school, teaches dressmaking in her spare time and sells handmade felt cushions under the name Shell Birch Textiles.

“Over the years I’ve become more interested in interiors than fashion,” she says. “I love books by the likes of Hans Blomquist and I love homeware shops like Rockett St George, Beetle & Wilde and Curious Egg. Travelling always inspires me, too, whether it’s the architecture in Copenhagen or staying at an old riad in Marrakech and visiting the beautiful Majorelle Garden.”

The house has been subject to various alterations – including knocking the breakfast room through to the kitchen – many of the original features are intact from when Michele’s aunt’s father-in-law, a printmaker, bought the house new in 1904. These include doors, architraves, floorboards and a very steep staircase.

They’ve also kept the blue 1960s bathroom suite that Michele remembers from her childhood visits. “I love the huge cast iron bath and can’t imagine ever replacing the suite with a modern white one, even though the basin’s cracked,” she says.

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14 yr old Burngreave Slovak boy breaks in..

quote - jacket I washed two days ago disappeared, plus other items

sound over- it was Alex' s 14 year old son robbed it../? I thought it was the 16 yr old who stole my new grey socks I had just bought-- and so much more, from down Barnsley rd- they have everything of mine from my kettle onwards....but no, another young slovak thief come to settle in England.... Naima of the lab st barths Human Research rang Kevin /Horwarth/ of Oswestry Str corner..thief beyond compare, and rapist, watches my home constantly.

His parents were in, so he rang a friend and as their window looks out onto my home, he told him when I had gone to Firth park Sheffield shops.. I have not yet checked all that the younger boy robbed..paints, teeshirt

quote at lab st barths human research, new lot of Allan's 86 illeg kids in lab. tell them what you want and the rest is up to them.

..THE MINISTRY MAN WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN THE LAB ST BARTHS HUMAN RESEARCH TO ENSURE NO MORE ROBBERIES HAPPENED HAD GONE HOME. JOHN TURNBULL TOLD HIM HE WOULD COVER FOR HIM!!!!!! AND SO ANOTHER ROBBERY...

- of St barths\ human Research- for FIONA TURNBULL half sister of John Turnbull, ''I wanted to show my friends what I could do... and I wanted to rob Fekete's small book of designs-Fekete's door was opened remote by Joanna, granddaughter of Harold Mankovitz from one of his illegitimates children--/former doctor of Middlesex/ of Finchley, father of 92 illeg children created by former bossess of St Barths Anna and also 10 of his own illeg kids..They use a superstrong X-ray on the coordinates.

The thief's cancer will have been activated- depends on how high his count is how soon he succumbs.. This particular special Cancer Wards remote program paid for by Kissinger, is based on theft, because Anna had been a kleptomaniac from young and had been in prison for theft, it covers her own robbing me from the beginning, some of my things were still in her bedroom when she died a few weeks ago..The beginning was my GP Leech of Scunthorpe, worried I might report him to the medical council, asked Anna and her group to 'watch' me. This group had long been ''messing and tinkering'' in the population as well as with little patients, hence Americans came over here to St barths as over there, they had capital punishment and went to jail for tortures which were normal in England. They then put theft and crime onto a covert program level paid for by Kissinger for the future of USA logistics.

quote Anna- they steal, so they have to expect it, if they are not openly punished. All new to this country will be used for the tests. At this moment a dozen or so of Allan Lieberman Cross's 86 created illeg kids is in the lab torturing and killing - with friends and family, by remote.

Anyone who is in NHS patient, can be used by remote by St barths human research experiments.. if they get cancer, they get NHS care../quote from Denis senior Civil Servant, Health Ministry

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BLACK GULL BOOKS-HIGH-ROAD-EAST FINCHLEY-LONDON-PAINTINGS-SECOND HAND BOOKS-SHOPS-CITYSCAPE-ERNEST DESCALS-ARTIST-PAINTER- por Ernest Descals Por Flickr: BLACK GULL BOOKS-HIGH-ROAD-EAST FINCHLEY-LONDON-PAINTINGS-SECOND HAND BOOKS-SHOPS-CITYSCAPE-ERNEST DESCALS-ARTIST-PAINTER- Tiendas especiales en el HIGH ROAD, EAST FINCHLEY, LONDON, una librería de libros de segunda mano, BLACK GULL BOOKS, con unas mesitas para mostrar algunos ejemplares en plena calle junto a su puerta. Escenas de la vida cotidiana en un barrio muy tranquilo. Pintura del artista pintor Ernest Descals sobre papel de 50 x 70 centímetros, pintar los detalles en la gran ciudad de Londres en Inglaterra.

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Brainstorming ideas for the game

I didn't plan to build an action-based game, but the aesthetic of the artist's works encouraged me to make a drama/adventure game.

Idea 1: A point-and-click adventure

The player is in the town looking for something or a certain location.

Idea 2: Navigating a war-devastated village in search of a coffee house.

The coffee house, one of his most famous paintings, served as the inspiration for this concept. When Ratcliffe stopped for lunch at a coffee shop in neighboring Finchley, he discovered this to be an intriguing and complicated topic. He came back over a few days to sketch and collect data for the painting, which was finished at home.

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Top 10 best paint shops in Finchley, London

Finchley, London is the haven for painters and decorators who are passionate about their craft. With so many options to choose from, it can be tough to select the right paint shop. However, we have narrowed down the top 10 best paint shops in Finchley for you.

Dulux Decorator Centre

The Dulux Decorator Centre seems to offer a wide range of patterned wallpapers to achieve this and more. From natural designs that help bring the outdoors inside to abstract geometrics that add a modern twist, the collection has something for everyone. They can only imagine how choosing from the various shades of grey, black and white to bold and bright colours might be the hardest part. Whatever your preference, the Dulux Decorator Centre has got you covered.

London Decorators Merchants (LDM)

The London Decorators Merchants (LDM) in the UK offers high-quality painting and decorating tools, all big brands and exclusive products, designer paints and wallpapers, and has seven retail branches in Greater London. It also has Seven retail branches in Greater London.

3.            Brewers Decorator Centres

Brewers Decorator Centres is a leading decorating merchant in the UK, with a wide range of high-quality paint, wallpaper, and woodcare supplies, catering to everyone from avid DIYers to experienced decorators and contractors. Brewers Decorator Centres has been in the business for over 100 years and has a network of over 190 stores and an online store as well. Their experienced colleagues are knowledgeable and ready to help with all decorating needs. The company is also committed to making a difference in local communities across the UK and beyond through the Brewers Foundation.

Veronica Lancaster Paint Palettes & Interiors

Veronica Lancaster is a top-rated interior designer and color consultant with over 15 years of expertise in interior design, refurbishment, project management, and color consultancy in London, Finchley and its surrounding areas. She offers expert guidance and support in redesigning single rooms or undertaking complete renovation projects to create spaces that reflect her clients' unique personalities and lifestyles. Also, she has the best paint shops in Finchley.

Leyland SDM Finchley | Decorating & DIY

Leyland SDM provides London with trade quality DIY and decorating materials for all types of jobs. They stock over 22,000 products under one roof, including paint color mixing. They also offer a "Contact Free" delivery service, and customers can now enjoy longer store opening hours, with the stores open for 7 days a week.

Regina Veneziana

Regina Veneziana which offers luxury paint for homes. They claim to use eco-friendly products made from limestone and marble dust, which can bring a natural tranquility into homes. The paint is made with natural minerals like sandstone and grounded pearl matter, which are said to give homes positive energy. It is unclear whether they offer other products beyond luxury paint.

Ghanshyam Diy & Key Cutting Finchley

Ghanshyam DIY Store and Key Cutting specializes in providing tools and equipment for home repair and renovation projects. They claim to have the right equipment and products for both simple repairs and professional remodeling, making it easier for customers to achieve their desired finished project.

Empress Interiors

Empress Bathrooms is an established independent retailer located in Finchley Central, North London. They have a showroom and offer various bathroom equipment and products. Empress Building Centre Ltd is a well-established manufacturer of brands that has been in operation for over 34 years and has built up a reputation for providing professional and speedy service while maintaining high-quality standards.

Sultan Decorators Ltd

Sultan Decorators appears to be a trustworthy building company located in North London that specializes in domestic interior and exterior decorating, including services such as full house refurbishments, wallpaper hanging, and specialist finishes.

Chris Stevens Ltd

Chris Stevens is a trade discount center that has been offering all year-round low prices to both Trade and Public for over 50 years in their store located in Upper Holloway. They offer a wide range of painting services, besides bathrooms, tiles, plumbing, heating, and flooring.