Camden Guides developed a series of walks to celebrate the West End project which included the colourful work of Yinka Ilori. We also produced four
Why is there a plaque honouring Mary Prince on the walls of SenateHouse? Camden Guide Richard Cohen tells her story. Video made by Camden Tour
An Abolitionist in Bedford Square. Camden Guide Shirley Fortune tells the story of Sarah Parker Remond. Video made by Camden Tour Guides with the support
Why is there a plaque to Dr Harold Moody outside the London CentralYMCA? Camden Guide Shirley Fortune tells the story of his achievements. Video made by Camden Tour Guides
The Growth of Pleasure and Tea Gardens For centuries people resident in London (mostly inside the old walls of the City) who wanted recreation would
Hear Camden Guide Shirley Fortune tell the story of Olaudah Equiano. This video made by Camden Tour Guides, with the support of Camden Council.
Today the former Grange Cinema faces off with the old Gaumont State across Kilburn High Road – both of them built in the golden age
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
Camden has a long and honourable history of radical theatre, from social and political issues of the day in the 19th century to the first
Denmark street is a thoroughfare only 100 yards long, linking Charing Cross Road and St Giles High Street, but it punches well above its weight
The wellspring of Dickens’ social concern The old saying that ‘the child is father to the man’ seems very apt when discussing Dickens’ writing on
The Fitzroy Tavern The area we call Fitzrovia is named after the Fitzroy Tavern, which was one of the main social hubs of the area