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...Central Hong Kong on October 15, 2011, and documentation of various Occupy events organised in London since the dissolution of the camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in February 2012, notably the Occupy Democracy protest that took place in October 2014 in Parliament Square. The wave of occupations of urban space that link these protests together has been called the...

...centrality peaked in the Wembley Empire Exhibition of 1924–5. [Festival of Empire 1911 Map ] 'Festival of Empire and Imperial Exhibition 1911 held at the Crystal Palace'; image supplied by Sydenham Town Forum A staggering 27 million visitors attended. You could walk round a street of Chinese shops (representing Hong Kong), or a white-walled Arab building (for East...

...central place in eisteddfodau everywhere. Cymreigyddion y Fenni, the Abergavenny Welsh society, was formed in 1833 and held a series of eisteddfodau from 1834 to 1853. These included competitions for the playing of the traditional Welsh triple harp, and harps were awarded as prizes. It was the Abergavenny eisteddfod of 1837 that awarded a prize to Maria Jane Williams for...