History is a peculiar thing. On Sunday 12th August 2018 over five hundred people gathered to see the unveiling of the exact location of the grave of William Blake. They were taking part in a ceremony which seems to happen every century – although not for the reason you’d expect. I’ve been doing cemetery blogs […]
Read More A Tombstone for a Long Neglected GraveAfter a short walk from West Hampstead tube and cutting through Fortune Green, my first experience of this garden of the dead was through a narrow alleyway, I was then presented with a choice: left or right. The alleyway splits the cemetery in two, so I had to choose carefully… Hampstead Cemetery has always been […]
Read More A Touch of Class In Hampstead Cemeteryby Christina ‘So what do you love, extraordinary stranger? I love the clouds. The clouds that pass…there…there…the wonderful clouds!’ – Charles Baudelaire, ‘L’Etranger’ … ‘Sarah and I are going to go tornado chasing in Penge. We’re going to get on the top deck of the 176 bus and start shouting ‘IT’S COMING RIGHT FOR US!’ […]
Read More Cloudspotting – The Fleeting, Everlasting Troposphere
Cemetery Club 