Entries from Londonist tagged with 'horacewalpole'
January 30, 2008
Well, blow us down with a wrecking ball, it's refreshing to see a piece of news about someone trying to save an old building rather than tear it down and turn it in to a pre-fab pimp palace. Don't get us wrong, we can't wait for the day all those crusty red-bricks are gone, replaced by a skyline of rising chrome and steel, surrounded by a slum where we can stick all the nurses......
Continue Reading "House On The Stawberry Hill"August 11, 2007
13. The Horror Of Berkeley Square Over a century ago, No. 50 Berkeley Square, W1 was London's most famous haunted house. Some of the residents to have lived on the street are William Pitt, the Earl of Chatham (No. 6), Horace Walpole (No. 11) and Lord Clive (No. 45, which is where he committed suicide in 1774). A certain Mr Myers occupied No. 50 for many years; he brought the house and was due......
Continue Reading "The Saturday Strangeness"February 16, 2006
We took the time out yesterday to wander up to the Tate Britain for the opening of a new exhibition: Gothic Nightmares - Fuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination. It's one of the most interesting exhibits that the Tate has put together in ages and is well worth a look, but the powers that be have gone one better by organising a series of killer lectures, tours and event around the exhibition that should......
Continue Reading "Londonist Loves... Gothic Nightmares"