Monday, 23 April 2018

The Lost Memorials of London; Sir Thomas Bladen (1698-1780) , St Mary's, Leyton

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According to David Ian Chapman’s “The Grange” published by the Leyton and Leytonstone Historical Society, Sir Thomas Bladen’s tomb stoo...
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Friday, 13 April 2018

A slaver's memorial; Sir Fisher Tench (1673-1736) St Mary the Virgin, Leyton

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The Tench memorial commemorates an era when human trafficking was a respectable career choice On Tuesday the 9th November 1736 the imm...
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Friday, 6 April 2018

The Lost Memorials of London: The Bosanquet memorial, St Mary the Virgin, Leyton

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Remarkably little of the work of the celebrated architect and collector Sir John Soane remains intact. The memorial he built for friend...
Wednesday, 4 April 2018

'The Worm at the Core; On the Role of Death in Life' Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg & Tom Pyszczynski (Penguin £9.99)

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And yesterday I saw you kissing tiny flowers, But all that lives is born to die And so I say to you that nothing really matters, ...
Monday, 26 March 2018

Cemetery in the snow - St Patrick's Catholic Cemetery, Leytonstone

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The weatherman said ‘thaw today’ and so, after several days of snow, I had to make a mad dash to capture some of the white stuff on film...
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Friday, 16 March 2018

The Lost Memorials of London; The Raymond Mausoleum, Ilford

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What was once Ilford’s best known monument was unceremoniously demolished in 1923 by the Port of London Authority because it was inconv...
Saturday, 10 March 2018

The Man who would be Cheops Part Three: Thomas Willson 1780-1866 St Mary's Acton

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The Donkin Memorial in Port Elizabeth with Fort Frederick in the background, before the building of the lighthouse Thomas Willson, hi...