Two blue plaques, almost side-by-side in Tavistock Place, commemorate very different people. Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, the founder of the USSR with no sense of humour, and Jerome K Jerome, a British humourist with a sceptical take on Socialism. A viewpoint originally made for Placecloud.

Address: 32-36 Tavistock Place, Kings Cross, London WC1H 9RH