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History notes: Virginia Woolf’s Bloomsbury squares

by Editors 3:54 pm, Tuesday, 11 January 20225:37 pm, Tuesday, 11 January 2022

Former home of Virginia Woolf at 29 Fitzroy Square. In the latest Camden History Review Robert Todd describes the relationship between the facts and the fiction of the places where novelist and critic Virginia Woolf spent twenty-four years living. From 1904 to 1912 she lived at Gordon, Fitzroy and Brunswick Squares; and then from 1924 […]

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Film about Fitzrovia from 1986 tells the story of conservation, housing and open space campaigns

by Linus Rees 6:39 am, Wednesday, 1 December 20216:06 pm, Tuesday, 30 November 2021

History notes: John Constable’s house, 76 Charlotte Street

by Editors 8:59 am, Sunday, 21 November 20218:59 am, Sunday, 21 November 2021

History notes: the St Giles Rookery

by Editors 5:11 pm, Friday, 12 November 20215:11 pm, Friday, 12 November 2021

From Rathbone to Conway – Fitzrovia streets renamed

by Jon Temple 6:33 am, Friday, 28 May 20219:01 pm, Wednesday, 26 May 2021

‘Made in Fitzrovia’: Roberts Radios

by Sue Blundell 7:32 am, Wednesday, 12 May 20218:35 pm, Thursday, 6 January 2022

Discover more about Camden’s social and architectural history

by Roger Cline 7:34 am, Monday, 12 April 20211:35 pm, Tuesday, 6 April 2021

Oxford Street – from Winsley Street to Great Portland Street

by Helene Parry 7:26 am, Monday, 1 March 202112:15 pm, Friday, 5 February 2021

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New film features the experience of African air-raid warden during Blitz

by Editors 7:50 am, Friday, 19 February 20219:27 am, Friday, 19 February 2021

The Oxford Music Hall reflected the changing fortunes of entertainment in Fitzrovia and the West End

by Nick Bailey 7:51 am, Tuesday, 12 January 20219:29 am, Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Features, History

‘Spy Waiters’ in 21st Century US and 20th Century Britain: Nightmares of Nationalism

by Ann Basu 7:55 am, Tuesday, 29 December 20201:17 pm, Sunday, 3 January 2021

Environment, Features, History

Oxford Street – from Wells Street to Winsley Street

by Helene Parry 7:53 am, Tuesday, 15 December 20201:18 pm, Sunday, 3 January 2021

A history of London’s West End from a place of aristocratic consumption to a centre of popular entertainment and expression

by Ann Basu 6:58 am, Tuesday, 1 December 20204:49 pm, Tuesday, 1 December 2020

Memorials to WW2 firefighters unveiled at site of former fire station at Rathbone Street

by Linus Rees 7:05 am, Wednesday, 11 November 20209:48 am, Wednesday, 11 November 2020

Former home of Olaudah Equiano marked with memorial plaque

by Editors 5:20 pm, Monday, 2 November 20202:05 pm, Thursday, 5 November 2020

Green plaque commemorates medical pioneers at site of Middlesex Hospital Medical School

by Linus Rees 3:36 pm, Monday, 2 November 20203:57 pm, Monday, 2 November 2020

History, Politics

How diplomats saved Georgian buildings on Grafton Way from demolition

by Editors 7:27 am, Tuesday, 6 October 20208:50 am, Tuesday, 6 October 2020

Events, History, Society

Firefighters and police commemorate Auxiliary Fire Service personnel at Rathbone Street

by Linus Rees 11:51 am, Monday, 21 September 20204:07 pm, Tuesday, 10 November 2020

Culture, Events, History

The forgotten history of Mortimer Street and its artistic community

by Clive Jennings 10:34 am, Thursday, 17 September 20202:16 pm, Thursday, 17 September 2020

Environment, History

Oxford Street – from Perry’s Place to Wells Street

by Helene Parry 10:03 am, Monday, 14 September 202012:56 pm, Saturday, 5 September 2020