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The Comedian
Life lived with a bang, ended with a whimper Look at the cover image on this biography, written by Thomas Edgar Pemberton. Dressed with long, theatrical whiskers and a quizzical, confused glance – this was an extraordinary gentleman, resembling a 19th century Tom Selleck, who commanded a fee of £235 a week (roughly £23,500 in… Read more
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Ghosts of West Norwood
West Norwood Cemetery shared an image of one of their more imposing monuments and I countered it with the same shot, but from 1968 (courtesy of Lambeth Archives). The imposing, henge-like monument to 19th century antiquaraian John Britton. A man who wanted his own memorial to endure down the eyons. So he took inspiration from… Read more
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Studio For Sale
A flat in Hampstead is up for sale. Boasting over 1,332 sq feet of living space, a private terrace and close proximity to Hampstead High Street, this top floor flat – with its plain white walls, battered leather seats and eclectic set of metal map chests and chairs – has an asking price of £1.8… Read more
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Outside of London: Berlin‘s Dorotheenstadt Cemetery
Taphophiles unite! A few days ago Matti Geyer, a tour guide from Berlin dropped me a message sharing his love of graveyards and cemeteries. He offered to do a short post about a cemetery that I myself had been to when I was last in Berlin – one of the city’s finest, in fact. Here… Read more
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Naughty Naughty
How one photographers secret stash fell foul of 19th century morality I was in The National Archives in February 2020 and found the allure of the microfilm readers too much to resist. So I picked up a reel, loaded it onto the reader, and took a punt to see what was on it. It was… Read more
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Five Things to See at the Cemitério de Agramonte
Porto, also known as Porto Cale (‘warm port’, in modern translation) in Roman times, is the city that gave Portugal its name. It’s a lovely city, albeit one that has probably surrendered a little too much to the needs of the tourists. Wanting to see a little more of its culture, I turned to one… Read more
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