West Norwood Cemetery
To be buried in West Norwood was an honour in the nineteenth century and this is clear when you read the headstones of the people who have been laid to rest here… they include […]
De Morgan Foundation
George Frederick Watts was responsible for the memorials in Postman’s Park but it was William De Morgan who made them. Watts clearly rated William but described his wife Evelyn De Morgan as being […]
Postman’s Park
Welcome to Postman’s Park where you can see a very unusual memorial. Commemorated here are three distillers from Three Mills. 59 other ordinary people who’ve done extra-ordinary things are also remembered in the park. […]
The Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Q: Who is the oldest manufacturer in the UK? Ring any bells? A: The Whitechapel Bell Foundry. Find out more about this East End institution from the people who make […]
Three Mills
Surrounded by road and rail traffic, the Three Mills Island is seen by commuters every day, and yet seems just out of reach. If you manage to find your way […]
Shirley Windmill
Shirley in Croydon is home to one of London’s treasures. In 1854, when mills had reached the pinnacle of design, the Shirley Windmill was built here and it still stands […]
The Windmill Theatre
This podcast is no ‘windmill of your mind’… it’s the Windmill Theatre… brought back to life by Iris Chapple, a former singer, and Margaret Cooper, a former dancer at the […]
The People’s Palace, Queen Mary University
Did you know that the ever expanding and diverse East […]
The Grant Museum
London is not just a city of industry, busy roads and people… this is a city where extinct animals and pickled beasts are hidden away in glass cabinets in our […]
Alleyn’s College of God’s Gift
From the theatres of Southwark to the hills of Sydenham, Edward Alleyn, the great actor of the English renaissance stage established a school in South London which, nearly 400 years later, […]
The Rose and Globe
On Shakespeare’s birthday, I have put together a podcast about the two famous Elizabethan and Jacobean theatres in London: the Rose and the Globe. What was it, and what is […]
