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Plaques for fictional characters
The news yesterday that there will soon be a plaque for Ziggy Stardust has prompted the Guardian to ask: which other fictional characters also merit a plaque? “Plaques to commemorate fictional characters are increasingly popular: Lara Croft, Harry Potter and Sherlock … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, Arthur Conan Doyle, books, cartoons, characters, Charles Dickens, cinema, comedy, David Bowie, Edwin Drood, fictional, film, Harry Corbett, James Joyce, Leopold Bloom, Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, movies, Mr Tope, music, novels, puppets, Sherlock Holmes, Sooty, TV, Ulysses, Ziggy Stardust
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Meet the time bandits
As the Open Plaques project is all about connecting past and present, time is bound into its DNA. Walking around our streets, the past is sometimes obvious but frequently less so. How we bridge that gap has got me thinking … Continue reading
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Tagged artists, books, clocks, literature, science fiction, scifi, time, writers
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