Today we take fresh, clean drinking water for granted, but it wasn’t always so. Camden’s memorial fountains and wells are reminders of a time when safe water was precious, and
Queen’s Crescent, Kentish Town, was laid out in 1862. It is named after Queen Victoria and was on the route in her carriage to take the air at West End
Camden Town represented a crucial turning point for the great French poets Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891) and Paul Verlaine (1844-1896). Their time at 8 Great (now Royal) College Street has a
Music Halls: Between Coffee Houses and Cinemas Music halls derived partly from the 17th- and 18th-century coffee houses but more directly from entertainment in saloon bars and taverns. The first
A protean character Walter Richard Sickert was a natural cosmopolitan. Born in Munich of a Danish-German father and Anglo-Irish mother, he had a full command of English, German and French,
Tried, Tested, Trailblazing Euston Station’s history is intriguing. It has been involved in controversies over issues ranging from its original location to its role as London’s HS2 terminus. It has
Film Review by Paul Guest Hampstead, directed by Joel Hopkins Superficially this film looks like a cross between Notting Hill (for older people) and The Lady in the Van. Below the surface, however, it
Film Review by Paul Guest The Lady in the Van, directed by Nicholas Hytner For me, this film was largely very enjoyable. Artistically, it is quite subtle. For a start, there