London On The Ground
The Monument, the relief and its meaning
The sculpture on the Monument to the Great Fire of London is rich with symbolism . It illustrates the catastrophe that destroyed...
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London On The Ground
Sep 296 min read
Albert Memorial: a rare look at the undercroft
Simple brick arches support one of Victorian London's most elaborate monuments. I recently joined the first ever public tour of the...
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London On The Ground
Sep 234 min read
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 285 min read
Serenity in the City: Karin Jonzen's sculptures
Four works by the 20th century sculptor in the City of London. One of the pleasures of walking around the Square Mile is the wide variety...
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London On The Ground
May 273 min read
Fire, Air, Water and Earth: stone relief for Lloyd's
Fire, Air, Water and Earth: stone relief for Lloyd's. The carving, in a hidden City of London alleyway, represents the Four Elements.
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London On The Ground
Mar 165 min read
Senate House: Stalinist or Art Deco?
The University of London's 1937 landmark by Charles Holden: views differ. Senate House in Bloomsbury is the administrative centre of the...
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London On The Ground
Mar 45 min read
St Olaf House: an Art Deco classic at Hay's Wharf
Striking 1930s entrance hall and staircase, sculpted river front panels and other fine architectural details. I recently took some...
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London On The Ground
Feb 246 min read
The Royal Exchange frieze: a freeze frame of history
Sculptures on the Victorian building tell of the City of London's past It is easy to miss the sculpted details on the the Royal Exchange,...
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London On The Ground
Feb 26 min read
Temple Bar Memorial: Victorian delights you may not have noticed
The fearsome dragon is impressive, but the plinth contains hidden treasures. Temple Bar Memorial, where The Strand becomes Fleet Street,...
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London On The Ground
Jan 144 min read
Frederic Leighton's art at Leighton House
An excellent collection of 19th century paintings and sculpture by Frederic Leighton. The painter, draughtsman and sculptor was one of...
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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
Nov 5, 20237 min read
Shakespeare in Shoreditch: a statue and The Stage
A statue and visitor centre for The Theatre and The Curtain playhouse sites. The Theatre and The Curtain, both in Shoreditch, were...
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London On The Ground
Sep 15, 20233 min read
A quartet of carved clergy: the Bishops' Tree at Fulham Palace
Four wooden Bishops await visitors to the gardens of Fulham Palace.
Environmental sculptor Andrew Frost carved them from a dead cedar tree
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London On The Ground
Jun 10, 20234 min read
Sanctuary, Naomi Blake's sculpture for victims of oppression
A moving sculpted art work sits alone outside St Botolph Aldgate in the City of London. Walks and tours available for booking The London...
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London On The Ground
Apr 7, 20235 min read
Emily Young's serene stone angels near St Paul's need to be seen
See the angel heads by Britain's "greatest living stone sculptor" on public display next to St Paul's. Five angel heads by Emily Young,...
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London On The Ground
Mar 10, 20234 min read
Tim Crawley's City of London stone sculptures
The City of London boasts fine examples of work by Tim Crawley, one of the UK's foremost sculptors of stone. Tim Crawley describes...
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London On The Ground
Feb 24, 20235 min read
Ludgate, London, Lud and legend
Lud, a pre-Roman ancient Briton, founded London, according to legend. There is a very old legend that a king called Lud ruled in ancient...
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London On The Ground
Nov 25, 20224 min read
The City of London's only modern sculpture of school children
Andrew F Brown's bronze on Newgate Street immortalises the 470 year old 'Bluecoat school'. The sculpture commemorates Christ's Hospital,...
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London On The Ground
Aug 12, 20223 min read
The delicate terracotta Cutlers
An exquisitely shaped frieze depicting skilled craftsmen adorns a red brick Victorian building in the City of London. The building is...
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London On The Ground
Feb 11, 20222 min read
Seven Ages of Man: Shakespeare, BT & brutalism
Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage' inspired a 22ft sculpture at BT's brutalist City of London building. The statue, entitled 'Seven...
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