Diocese of London United Kingdom Learn about the history of Jewish people in Mile End from the seventeenth to twentieth century

London United Kingdom This viewpoint guides you through the architectural history of Trafalgar Square and of the National Gallery - and its criticism by architectural commentators.

London United Kingdom This viewpoint details the history of the building and design of Somerset House

Diocese of London United Kingdom This viewpoint guides you through some of the architectural history of the naval hospital at Greenwich

London United Kingdom This viewpoint will uncover how modernist animal housing was used as a prototype for bold new homes for British citizens, under the guidance of Julian Huxley and other visionaries.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom In this viewpoint, Bevin Court – originally to be called Lenin Court – offers a lens for understanding how architectural modernism went from a movement associated with communist architects from abroad to a symbol of the British welfare state.

London United Kingdom This viewpoint will explore architect Ernő Goldfinger’s integration into contemporary British literary circles – far beyond his (frequently misreported) connection to Ian Fleming’s famous villain – and will use 2 Willow Road’s status as a National Trust property to consider how a once-iconoclastic modernism has been reclaimed as national heritage.

London United Kingdom This viewpoint will reveal how Senate House, notable for the “strangely semi-traditional, undecided modernism” that puzzled Pevsner, provided inspiration for George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

Diocese of London United Kingdom The rowdy and disorderly funeral of Richard Russell in 1784. Russell was a local magistrate whose funeral was disrupted by the noise and behaviour of a large, enthusiastic crowd.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom Not all people at funerals were there to mourn. In this account we discover what happened when a member of the funeral crowd was found to be stealing from the pockets of those around him.