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Exploring London’s Freud Museum and a Fascinating New Exhibition – Code Name Mary

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Along an unassuming residential street in the north London suburbs, there's a house whose famous 1930s resident is still a household name. The Freud Museum in Hampstead was where the father of psychoanalysis lived with his family when he fled Nazi persecution. The Jewish neurologist lived and worked for the majority of his career in Vienna. But he spent his final year in … [Read more...] about Exploring London’s Freud Museum and a Fascinating New Exhibition – Code Name Mary

Guest Article: The Best Pubs in Hampstead and Highgate

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By Andrea Kirkby Hampstead and Highgate are both set high above the Thames basin – so it's all uphill from Central London. That's my excuse for needing a pint of beer when I get there, though I usually use the Northern Line rather than my feet! Both these areas were villages quite separate from London right up to the nineteenth century, and retain much of their village … [Read more...] about Guest Article: The Best Pubs in Hampstead and Highgate