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 with the support of CamdenCouncil.
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 go out into the countryside,
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 of cinema with seating for
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,
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 on-stage nudity in a public
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 in London’s music heritage. A
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 social issues. His childhood experiences
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 from after the First World
The Borough of Camden is home to many museums and galleries, the most well known probably being the British Museum located in Bloomsbury. But Camden is also home to many
In the photo above you can see the wonderful nineteenth century British Museum building we know today, designed by the architect Sir Robert Smirke in Greek revival style. The magnificent
This is a recording of a short interview for Bloomsbury Radio that took place during the recent Bloomsbury Festival with Richard Cohen being asked a few questions by Damilola Michelle