Category Archives: Kings Cross local history

The people and places that have given Islington its radical reputation in the last 200 years are being celebrated through a guided walk led by local historian and teacher David Rosenberg on Saturday 10th October. Visionaries, Dissenters and Rebels: a … Continue reading →

Whether you went on David Rosenberg's hugely successful Radical Islington walk that was part of the TolpuddleKX 2009 festival this year or not, if you are a walker, have even a vague interest in the history of these parts or … Continue reading →

Paul Convery and Diane Shelley alerted me to this wonderful sounding programme going out tomorrow on BBC Radio 4 about the Keskidee Centre on Gifford Street, Britain's first black arts centre.  (iPlayer) WIth Alan's help I have dug up the … Continue reading →

This event has been organised in conjunction with the King’s Cross Railway Lands Group and will be opened to whomever wishes to attend. Linda Clarke has a BA in art and architectural history and an MSc in Architectural Studies. Her … Continue reading →

Starting this Saturday on Radio 4 at 8pm is Nations of the Cross, stories from those who live around London's King's Cross station. Part one: Arrivals and Departures – the area was already changing before the bulldozers arrived. The programme will … Continue reading →

The Tolpuddle Mural on the wall at the entrance to Edward Square on Copenhagen Street is a great piece of community art.  A huge and vivid depiction of a fascinating piece of our social history.  David Renton has got in … Continue reading →

The Kings Cross area was hit by four V1 flying bombs during the second world war and suffered several other heavy hits from aircraft.  Bombing was mapped during the war by the LCC architects.  In a clumsy way I have … Continue reading →