London On The Ground
The Islington pub with a carved fireplace more than 400 years old
The Old Queen's Head, Victorian on the outside and Tudor inside. The popular North London watering hole on Essex Road appears to be like...
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London On The Ground
Jul 216 min read
Islington Cattle Market: lost secret of Essex Road
The challenger to Smithfield closed in 1837 after less than a year. A couple of years ago, at one of the excellent exhibitions at the...
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London On The Ground
Jun 33 min read
Walking in Geoffrey Fletcher's London: Islington and the City
See some of the London that the artist and writer feared was disappearing in the 1960s and 1970s. Best known for his 1962 book The London...
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London On The Ground
Nov 24, 20233 min read
Angel Wings sculpture: not just for Christmas
Angel Wings is a year-round 'Christmas decoration' on an epic scale, a play on the Angel Islington's name and link to the Nativity story.
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London On The Ground
Sep 1, 20234 min read
The Almeida, Islington's world renowned local theatre, has a colourful history
Once a Victorian self-education institute, Salvation Army barracks and a novelties store, it's now one of London's best loved theatres....
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London On The Ground
Jun 23, 20234 min read
Caledonian Park Clock Tower: one of London's best viewing points
Free tours of the little known Islington clock tower offer fabulous views. It may not be one of London's better known attractions, but it...
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London On The Ground
Apr 28, 20233 min read
Lonsdale Square, a Barnsbury beauty of Gothic Tudor
A one-off 19th century square in the Barnsbury area of Islington. Praised as "a unique, intense and immaculately composed piece of...
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London On The Ground
Feb 17, 20233 min read
Islington's transformed transformer, based on Newgate Prison
Originally an electricity sub-station, the Islington landmark has been an antiques mall and home to several retailers. The building...
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London On The Ground
Sep 22, 20222 min read
See London from the steeple of St Mary's Islington
Compare the view today with how it appeared in 1789. St Mary's Church on Upper Street in Islington is offering a rare opportunity to tour...
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