Tania Cohen

Better evidence, better outcomes: The business case for a Civil Society Evidence Organisation | PBE Civil society is one of the UK’s greatest assets. It is driven by innovation, rooted in communities, and committed to tackling some of the nation’s most complex challenges, but it faces barriers that ...

Civil society is one of the UK’s greatest assets, but it needs a Civil Society Evidence Organisation (CSEVO): a hub to access evidence, cut duplication & support smarter decisions.

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In the churchyard of St Magnus the Martyr there are some stones from the medieval London Bridge - and incredibly this chunk of wood is thought to be a pile from the original Roman bridge. You can touch it. The tree it came from lived over 2,000 years ago!

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And the official end of my September challenge - but I will still try to post regularly.

This is a fire projected on the dome of St Paul's in 2016 as part of a series of events to mark the 350th anniversary of the great fire of London. It was a video projection and very moving.

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Ceramic poppies pouring out of Traitors' Gate in to the Tower of London moat as part of an installation to commemorate the end of World War II

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Sheep crossing Southwark Bridge today in the annual sheep drive celebrating a Freeman's ancient "right" to bring sheep to market over the Thames, toll free.
I didn't manage to get a ticket this year but will try again next year!

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Almost 2000 year old underfloor heating system at the Billingsgate Roman House and Baths.

I was blown away by these Roman remains from around 150 AD in the basement of an office block on Lower Thames Street. Worth a visit.

Celebrating People’s Postcode Lottery’s impact on grantmaking People’s Postcode Lottery has raised over £1.5 billion for causes and communities…

📢 In the 1st of 3 new blogs on UKGrantmaking, read about the evolution, growth & impact of People's Postcode Lottery on grantmaking. Raising over £1.5bn for communities & good causes, awarding a transformative amount of support through its 20 Postcode Trusts
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This is Gog.
The west gallery of Guildhall is guarded at both ends by the statues of Gog and Magog, the giants who represent the legendary pre-Christian foundation myth of London. This was crafted in 1953 to replace the originals which dated from 1709

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The old King's Cross station building on the right and the new ceiling.

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Whitehall from St James's Park on a rainy day.

Yes. I know I have a thing about water or ceilings which form a high proportion of the photos on my phone...

Celebrating People’s Postcode Lottery’s impact on grantmaking People’s Postcode Lottery has raised over £1.5 billion for causes and communities…

📢 In the 1st of 3 new blogs on UKGrantmaking, read about the evolution, growth & impact of People's Postcode Lottery on grantmaking. Raising over £1.5bn for communities & good causes, awarding a transformative amount of support through its 20 Postcode Trusts
www.ukgrantmaking.org/blog/celebra...

I love visiting old buildings but this is the first cow horn window I've seen.

I think the only older windows might be some of the original stained glass in Canterbury Cathedral?

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I was lucky enough to spend a day at Guildhall while volunteering for Open House London & got to look inside the magnificent Great Hall up close.

This is an unusual view of the hall & may not look like much, however, it's actually a very rare 15th century window made from cow horn! 🐄

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Rare photo outside zone 1 - sunset at Mill Hill Broadway station

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I've visited lots of old buildings with heraldic shields in stained glass. I often wondered if they replaced whole windows to add new coats of arms.
Here at Barnard's Inn Hall you can see the blank shields that were built in but never used.
First blank ones I've seen.

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Mansion House ceiling. Photo doesn't do it justice. Much more impressive in real life

Tell me it's @opencity-uk.bsky.social Open House London week without telling me it's Open House London week....

Walked 100km on walks and visits so far, before my volunteering shifts today and tomorrow.

Still lots of places you can visit this weekend without a booking
programme.openhouse.org.uk

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We are lucky to have a range of historic architecture in London in civic and religious buildings that still exist today, but I'm always in awe of this Tudor house in Smithfield which survived the Great Fire of London and much more over the last 400+ years.

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Fitzrovia Chapel. A hidden gem - took me ages to find it in a square surrounded by new buildings. Unimposing Victorian red brick on the outside, but gothic revival with golden mosaics on the inside. Worth a visit

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Pigeons in Oxford Street preparing for their uprising. Weirdly still and silent

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After the rain. Tranquility of the Regent's Canal on a Sunday morning in the middle of the bustling town

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WWII stretcher built into a wall as a trellis on a 1950s housing estate in Bethnal Green - although the plants have died on this side of the wall. Shadows of the war are seen all over London in the damage, architecture and features, but sometimes hidden unless you take time to look

Not now. I've been finding it hard to engage on social media recently and doing a challenge of posting a picture in London a day in September from my phone files

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Bluebell Wood, Epping Forest
Love that there are things like this in London

Tree stump my a road side with a red front door painted on and decorated with tinsel holly at the top and a red fence around the bottom. Red sand in front of the door to look like a path in front of a house

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Pixie House on a tree stump in Goswell Road a few years ago.
I often say people should look up to see London's hidden gems and quirks, but in this case it was looking down that brightened my day!

Statue of Roosevelt and Churchill sitting on a bench on a pavement in front of a shop

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Roosevelt and Churchill on Bond Street not keeping required distancing during the pandemic lockdowns

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First sunrise of the new year over the Thames - with the shadows of the Shard, London Bridge and Tower Bridge

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Italian fete and celebrations in Clerkenwell after the Festa Della Madonna del Carmine (Procession of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) - a historic procession which dates back to the 1880s

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Another Boxing Day picture with Lime bikes and Christmas trees strewn on roads and pavements

One of the Barbican towers at sunset with it's reflection in the Barbican lake in the foreground. On the left is the City of London Girls' School and on the right, flats at the Barbican Centre lakeside terrace

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Barbican at sunset on Boxing Day.
I love the Barbican - an oasis in the city.
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