Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern six years ago to make way for luxury apartments. After a legal fight, they were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick.
Author: MEGAN SPECIA
Their London Pub Was Reduced to Rubble. They Fought to Bring It Back.
Developers knocked down the Carlton Tavern six years ago to make way for luxury apartments. After a legal fight, they were ordered to rebuild it, brick by brick.
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Sarah Everard Death Set Off a Movement, but for Friends the Grief Is Personal
Her killing, allegedly at the hands of a police officer, has energized a national effort to combat pervasive violence against women in Britain. For those closest to her, though, the loss is profoundly intimate.