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    mid-to-late 1960s, emphasising modernity and fun-loving hedonism, with Swinging London denoted as its centre. It saw a flourishing in art, music and fashion...
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    why is London called the 'Big Smoke'?". Time Out London. Retrieved 29 November 2022. Rycroft, Simon (2016). "Mapping Swinging London". Swinging City: A...
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    shone again, brightly but briefly, in the 1960s Swinging London period and the early 1970s. The Swinging Sixties was defined on King's Road, which runs...
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    psychedelia. London became synonymous with fashion, music, and pop culture in these years, a period often referred to as "Swinging London". During this...
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    Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, from 27 April to 31 October 1908...
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  • "Swinging London Town" is a song by British girl group Girls Aloud, taken from their third studio album Chemistry (2005). The song was written by Miranda...
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    Greater London is the administrative area of London, which is coterminous with the London region. It contains 33 local government districts: the 32 London boroughs...
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  • London hosted the Olympic Games in 1908, 1948 and 2012. The 2012 Summer Olympics made London the first city to have hosted the modern Games three times...
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    London. After some time, Lear dropped out of art school to model full-time and went on to lead a bohemian and flamboyant life in the Swinging London of...
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    "London Bridge" refers to several historic crossings that have spanned the River Thames between the City of London and Southwark, in central London since...
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