Monthly Archives: May 2017
The Houndsditch Murders and the Sidney Street Siege of 1911
My ‘culture’ activity this week focussed on a singular historic event in London, which had an impact and knock-on effect on those times, which in some respects draws some parallels to the way things are today – and the topic is the ‘Siege of Sidney Street’. Today, Sidney Street in Stepney E1 is just ...Read more...
* London’s “Chiswick House & Gardens”
This weeks ‘culture day’ took me (and the ‘GLW’ who accompanied me for the day) a little further afield than the City and its immediate surroundings, as it involved a jaunt down to south west London to visit ‘Chiswick House & Gardens’. Chiswick House itself was built between 1726 and 1729 and is one of ...Read more...
* David Bowie’s – London
This particular ‘pictorial’ music ‘journey’ through history, is a topic that I have wanted to do for some time, as I am, and have always been a huge fan and follower of the subject matter – “David Bowie”. So this is my “Bowie’s London” blog, which I hope you find interesting. David Jones (e.g. Bowie) ...Read more...
