Author: Sylvia McNamara

Camden Town
Sylvia McNamara

Amy Winehouse: Queen of Camden

Although Amy Winehouse and Camden are in some ways synonymous, Amy was in fact an Enfield girl. She was brought up in Chase Street in Southgate, part of Enfield chase.

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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, East Africa  as a Volunteer

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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, into a beauty of a

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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 between parks and gardens. Today

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Bloomsbury
Sylvia McNamara

Statues of Women in Camden Squares

Where are the women? Well, first of all, there are some statues of Women in Camden Squares! Which, given the national statistics from the Public Monuments and Sculptures Association (PMSA),

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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 of many ‘firsts’. – 31’ 10”

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