London United Kingdom Visit the window-gardens of nineteenth century Herbrand Street to explore why an experimental flower show in 1860 was thought to be a solution for the poor living conditions of the working-class parishioners of St George's, Bloomsbury.

London United Kingdom This viewpoint will explain how the structure’s inclusion in an ugly buildings competition brought to a head a larger “crisis of the English avant-garde,” to the lament of one prominent architectural critic.

Diocese of London United Kingdom The Ring was one of the hubs of working-class sporting life in London, encapsulating the allegiances and rivalries of sport in the capital.

London United Kingdom In 1911 a new retailer opened up shop here. Yet this was no ordinary retailer. This was the grand new Trade Headquarters of the Salvation Army.

Diocese of London United Kingdom This is the story of the murder of Captain Joseph Johns near Devonshire Square in 1747.

London United Kingdom Tyburn, that most famous of London execution sites.

Diocese of London United Kingdom The Bunhill Fields burial ground was the first freehold property to be owned by Quakers in 1661, it is now peaceful gardens.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom Before Smithfield sold meat, it sold live animals and lots of them – thousands of cattle, sheep and pigs every single week – all of which had to be driven on-the-hoof through the streets of the world’s busiest city. The trade was worth a fortune but wreaked havoc.

London United Kingdom The pioneering female doctor set up this hospital for women in the nineteenth century against fierce opposition.

former Roman catholic diocese of London United Kingdom By Rosamund Lily West. The sculpture, 'The Neighbours', by Siegfried Charoux, was installed on the Highbury Quadrant estate in Highbury in 1959 by the London County Council. This viewpoint looks at the choice of neighbours for this sculpture, and how the theme of neighbourliness was used by the LCC to establish the post-war Highbury Quadrant estate and its community.