yamey
THE MAUGHAN Library in London’s Chancery Lane is now part of King’s College London. It occupies a mainly nineteenth century building that was (until 1997) the Public Records Office. In 2001, the college acquired the building from the Crown Estate and renovated its interior. The garden facing the...
yamey
Hans Sloane in Chelsea Physic Gardens Doctor Hans Sloane Made a fortune in Jamaica Then lived in London
Hels
In his essay Civilisation & its Discontents 1929, Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) had analysed the aggressive cruelty that changed men into savages. After Hitler took power in Germany in 1933, as much as he recognised these trends, Freud was reluctant to apply them to Vienna. Even when the...
Hels
London-born Eric Ravilious (1903-42) spent his early years in Eastbourne E. Sussex and won a scholarship to attend the Eastbourne School of Art in 1919. Later he enrolled at Royal College of Art London where he studied under Paul Nash, a War Artist in WW1. Later Ravilious worked as a painter, book...
yamey
WHILE HAVING MY hair trimmed recently by an Albanian barber, who came to London from Prishtina in Kosovo, I recalled a visit to a barbershop in rural Italy. Before and after It was in the 1980s and I was driving through northern Italy on my way to visiting my sister, who lived...
CLM
I have always enjoyed the type of fantasy where strange things start happening to ordinary people, and there were some series like Narnia or the Edward Eager books that I reread multiple times. But when I discovered a new author at the library – especially one who had written more than one book,...
CLM
This historical novel, set in 1952, begins dramatically with a dead or nearly dead body. Honor Wilson, a seemingly respectable widow, inherited a large Victorian house in London after her much-older husband died but little in the way of other assets. She takes in lodgers: George (Georgina),...
CLM
Alas, A Murder in Marylebone barely mentions Marylebone and is too obviously written by an American, although it began promisingly. Minerva Harper, a widow with two children, has returned to London after some 15 years in Greece. Her husband, Oliver, was a diplomat but left the British Embassy...
Hels
Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) was an art-dealer of belief; when the young Impressionists were ridiculed by French dealers, he bought their work and nurtured their cause, slowly influencing public taste in Europe. In 1865 he opened his first gallery in Paris. This dealer shaped the art market by...
sarahbrown
Do you know how hard it was not to title this post “I smelled London, I smelled France”? Last month I was very lucky to take a trip to London, with a quick mini-trip to Paris sandwiched in. I made a list (and a map!) of everything I wanted to smell while we were there, and my family humored me...
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Wilton's Music Hall in Graces Alley, E1, is less than a five-minute walk from our London flat. It’s the oldest surviving music hall in the world and has stood in its current form since 1859. There’s also a bar selling cask beer that’s open to the public during performances. We’ve owned our flat...
Olga Harmsen
Last week, I traveled all the way from Rotterdam to London to see the exhibition 'Radical Harmony' at the National Gallery. Some of the most impressive Neo-Impressionist works of Georges Seurat, Paul Signac, Vincent van Gogh and many more acclaimed artists are now – until the 8th of February 2026...
johnalexwood
Leonard Berney 11th April 1920 - 7th March 2016(photo: Hy Money) Adolphus Leonard Berney was born on 11th April 1920 at 169 Oxford Street, London. He was named after the filmstar Adolph Menjou who his mother found attractive. For some reason, Dad favoured his middle name over his first. ;-)...
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Simon McCoy interviewing Gemma and me about Monty Python's "Life of Brain" What an honour, being asked to talk about Monty Python's "Life of Brian" on the BBC News Channel on the film's 40th anniversary yesterday (18th April 2019)! Our first time on live TV. A bit nerve-wracking! Simon McCoy...
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What a blast it was! Here are my photos and video from the show: "Bum to Bum" live! https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=930lCzyjJ68 The set list For more photos and videos from the night, click here. Cat Casino - Lead Guitar ...