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- ↑ Bristol, University of. "Women's Playhouse Trust Archive – Theatre Collection – University of Bristol". www.bristol.ac.uk.
- ↑ Original Press Release issued by WPT (The Wapping Project) in October 2000. Digital copy from archives. Accessed 5 November 2018.
- ↑ "Pastscape – Detailed Result: Wapping Hydraulic Pumping Station". www.pastscape.org.uk.
- ↑ Moore, Rowan (1 December 2013). "The Wapping Project: our obsession with house prices will turn our cities into cultural deserts" – via www.theguardian.com.
- ↑ Coveney, Michael (26 June 2015). "Jules Wright obituary". The Guardian.
- ↑ "Erase and Forget".
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- ↑ "Making Her Mark – Mairéad McClean / the Wapping Project".
