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
2 Willow Road became the first modernist property taken on by the National Trust and it opened to the public in 1996. Located at the bottom of Willow Road, Hampstead,
Frank Pick’s legacy This will be my third Blog based on Camden’s tube stations and I do feel I am becoming extremely familiar with, and rather fond of, all 17
Tourists to London often flock to visit locations they have seen in films. With some of the most iconic landmarks on the planet, rich historic locations are used to make
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
Bloomsbury’s brothers-in-art Back in my university days, next to the posters of rock stars, prints of ethereal Ophelia and raven-haired Proserpine held a place of honour on my wall. Pre-Raphaelite
Camden, Canvas and Controversy Mention the name Camden Town and you will immediately think of a busy interchange on the Northern line, a bustling and busy town within the city
In August I wrote a Blog about four of Camden’s tube stations, designed by Leslie Green and now Grade II Listed. I fear I might be becoming a bit of
Chris Wilkins Molloy An industrial monument Standing on Regent’s Park Road, on the bridge approach, looking north-east towards Chalk Farm, you will see an industrial conical roof rising above the
A momentous new road In the 1750s a group of worthies in Georgian London were concerned about traffic congestion in the metropolis, and pressed for a bypass to be built