London’s memorials and monuments- the history behind them and the people they honour
I love stumbling across hidden gardens in the City of London. This one really is pretty hidden. Opposite Cannon Street Station is a little side street called Salter’s Hall Court. At the end, tantalisingly, you see a gate and some steps leading to a little pocket of greenery. St Swithin’s Churchyard Garden It is St […]
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In the middle of a very modern estate in Fitzrovia you will find something surprising: a little Victorian chapel. The Fitzrovia Chapel, a hidden jewel of a building, was built from 1891, designed by the gothic revival architect John Loughborough Pearson. Its surroundings unsurprisingly once looks very different however, as it was originally at the
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In the heart of London’s East End, on Cable Street in Shadwell, you will find a dramatic and monumental mural. It depicts a battle that took place here in 1936 between furious London residents and the police who were protecting a march of the British Union of Fascists. The mural was commissioned to commemorate the
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I recently paid a visit to the beautiful Dulwich Picture Gallery: the world’s oldest purpose-built art gallery. Not only does it house an incredible art collection with works by Constable, Rembrandt and Gainsborough, but it has some incredible architecture to admire and even contains a mausoleum… Early Origins: The Elizabethan Actor In 1605 Edward Alleyn,
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Walk along the river path through Bermondsey and Rotherhithe and you will find an unusual set of four statues. They depict Dr Alfred and Ada Salter, their daughter Joyce and their cat. Collectively they are known as ‘Dr Salter’s Daydream’. The Salters were an amazing couple and, hopefully you shall see, lived inspiring lives. The
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