London United Kingdom By Rosamund Lily West. After the Second World War, Hungarian artist Peter Laszlo Peri approached the LCC with the idea of depicting scenes of family life to ‘brighten up’ the facades of new LCC housing in Lambeth. ‘Mother and Children Playing’ dates to between 1951 and ‘52 and was installed on the stairwell of Horton House on the South Lambeth estate.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom The history of Temple Bar and the traitors heads that once adorned it.

London United Kingdom The story of Margaret Martel who was executed in Suffolk Street in 1697.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom In 1500 St Pauls Cathedral was a great bastion of medieval Catholocism but over the next 150 years the Protestant Reformation and successive natural disasters changed it beyond recognition until in 1666 it was destroyed in the Great Fire. This is the story of a Cathedral and of England during some of the most tumultuous years in their history.

Diocese of London United Kingdom The parish and burial grounds of St Olave, Silvers Street and the individuals that were interred there.

Diocese of London United Kingdom A brief history of Execution Dock.

London United Kingdom The location and history of the Maypole in the Strand.

London United Kingdom The Execution of Mary Aubry in Leicester Fields, which is now Leicester Square.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom Today the site of one of London’s most notorious prisons is occupied by the Mount Pleasant office. During the years Coldbath Fields Prison operated, it had a reputation for severity. This viewpoint will take a look at the history of Coldbath and explore the stories behind the reputation.

London United Kingdom This viewpoint will touch on the history of Gatehouse and what lies in its place today.