Author: Sylvia McNamara

Arts
Sylvia McNamara

Doris Lessing

A life in books I first read the Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing (1919- 2013 ) in my twenties, when I was working in Tanzania,

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Kings Cross
Sylvia McNamara

St Pancras Railway Station

St Pancras station never ceases to amaze and inspire me, even in the doldrum 1970 years, and today it has risen, phoenix from the ashes,

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Bloomsbury
Sylvia McNamara

The Squares of Bloomsbury

  How did the squares get developed? London’s squares are unique to England, as opposed to Europe: they serve a greening purpose in the city

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Medicine
Sylvia McNamara

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Camden Tour Guide Sylvia McNamara talks to Bonny Astor about Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, one of the most impressive doctors in Camden’s history and a woman

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