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 […]

William Hogarth and his neighbours in a Chiswick churchyard

One suspects that William Hogarth would chuckle bitterly at the irony – his home in Chiswick, once his peaceful country retreat, now backs onto a hellishly busy road and a concrete road junction named the “Hogarth Roundabout”. It’s an incongruous backdrop to the quiet elegance of Hogarth’s house, which today is home to a lovely […]