Curated Gatherings with Nabiséré Nicole
Explore personal histories, embodied experiences, and the importance of oral storytelling Interdisciplinary artist and designer Nabiséré Nicole is leading an immersive weekend of reflection,…
London’s first Roman basilica found under office basement
Plans for an approved 32-storey office block by Leadenhall Market are to be revised after London’s first Roman basilica was discovered beneath the site.…
Ghost of Soldier Returns Home to Rotherhithe
Rotherhithe artist Ed Gray has just completed a monumental work that depicts the poignant service at the war memorial in West Lane on Remembrance…
70 years of the Cutty Sark in Greenwich – the sole surviving tea clipper ship in the world
Royal Museums Greenwich senior curator Louise Macfarlane tells us about the ship’s history and how it has become near impossible to ‘think of Greenwich…
The Remarkable Walter Tull
A pioneering, black footballer and soldier Greenwich Theatre, as part of Black History Month, will be hosting Our Little Hour, which tells the inspirational…
Putting Harry Beck on the Map
The Truth About Harry Beck is a new play about the designer of the iconic version of the London Tube map. Presented by the…
Chocolate House Greenwich exhibition is set to open at Old Royal Naval College
Opening later this month, a new exhibition at Greenwich’s Old Royal Navel College is telling the delicious history of the area’s chocolate houses Just…
History: Kidbrooke School, the Dome of Discovery, and the elusive Mr. Chatterjee
I was turning over in my mind this morning what I will do for next week’s article and I was thinking over the options…
Kids Review: Legion – Life in the Roman Army at The British Museum
Legions of visitors are massing outside the colonnade of Ionic columns as we march towards the British Museum, writes Woody, Frida and Ed Gray… …
Historic Waterworks: Dawn raids, boiler room fights and tots of rum all round…
So – to continue a bit more with the history of the Kent Waterworks. This is my fifth article about it and I’ve hardly…
The growth of the Kent Waterworks – supplying South London
With the New Year I think it’s about time I returned to the history of the Kent Waterworks. This is about the water supply…
For the first time ever, you can climb Greenwich’s Cutty Sark
I never thought I would ever find myself climbing up the side of the Cutty Sark – or up the side of anything to…
