Tag: Victoria Cross

• The Creatives of Chiswick Old Cemetery

  

  It’s long been an ambition of mine to go to the grave of William Hogarth. Unquestionably he is one of our greatest artists and political commentators. His works, from The Pilgrim’s Progress to his portraiture, offered social analysis that was as cutting as it was accessible and understandable by the British populace. With a free…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  May 3, 2016

  American, Architecture, Military

  Art Deco, Artist, Chiswick Old Cemetery, Edward Bainbridge Copnall, Hounslow, Italian, Poet, Revolutionary, Satire, Victoria Cross, Whistler, William Hogarth

• An Old Family Stomping Ground

  

  If you’ve ever loved the roar of traffic and the screaming engines of passenger aircraft, there is one cemetery that stands head and shoulders above the rest. Located near the idyllic Chiswick House and beautiful A136, behind the stout iron railings and red brick pillars is probably one of London’s least tranquil and restful cemeteries,…

  Sheldon K Goodman

  August 5, 2015

  Family, History, London, Memorial, Military, People

  Centenery, Chiswick, Chiswick House, Dear John, Heathrow, Noise, Only Fools and Horses, Staveley Road, Victoria Cross