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Property & Planning · LondonBarnet estate agent pioneered virtual property tours in the 1840s
A high-end estate agency in Old Bond Street used convex lenses and controlled lighting to create immersive property previews in the 1840s and 1850s. Researchers say Brooks and Green’s cosmorama displays, which required artists to visit estates, were an early form of virtual tour decades before photography became standard.
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Culture & Arts · BarnetDavid Stevenson finds birth family 65 years after abandonment in Golders Green
David Stevenson, abandoned as a baby in a Golders Green flat in 1960, has traced his Dutch birth family after 65 years. DNA matches and ITV’s *Long Lost Family* revealed his mother’s identity and Indonesian heritage, while police records helped fill gaps in his story.
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