“the chapel dates back to 1428”
Read MoreArt criticism that “bears all the hallmarks of Helena Jones’ genius” (promise you, you’ll recognise that statement. And concur with it.).
Read MoreDickens knew the area well…mecca for foodies…the memories remain, captured in architecture and street names
Read More“It’s true, I have a rare privilege – I have the right to drive sheep across London Bridge”
Read More“Beatrix Potter got some of the names for her characters from the gravestones there”
Read More“no words can express the secret agony of my soul”
Read More“Britain’s slaves were not in Britain”
Read More“his opinion of parliament was that the building should be emptied of politicians and filled with manure”
Read More“in Hampstead’s rush-dark pond where a lone swan sings without a sound”
Read More“I fondly recall the women scrubbing their front steps till they almost shone. And on a Saturday afternoon you would see the same women dragging their kids along to the local bathhouse for the weekly bath – no doubt scrubbed till they shone.”
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