Old authorities for naming London Streetsdoi:10.1093/nq/CLXVIII.may11.335hLucas J. LandfearNotes and Queries
The photographs that Scilla took as a 16-year-old girl on the streets of London in 1955 stayed largely in her album (相册) over the years. Scilla is now 83, and her self-developed black-and-white photos have been brought back to life after they were discovered by a teenage photograph...
A girl on the streets of London as a 16-year-old girl in the 1950s has been found after 60 years. Svetlana K导入 and her self-taught black-and-white photos have been brought back to life after they were discovered by a teenager photographer.In the past year, Philip Lovejoy, 16, ...
Walk in London’s cobblestoned streets, cross centuries-old bridges and wander through covered markets — before the morning drizzle (毛毛雨) has given way to afternoon sun, history will become alive before you. The city’s old buildings, black taxis and red double-decker buses all have long...
spathacrossthecapitaltocarefullyrephotographthepictures.Hisjourneythroughtimewithacamerahasbeenespeciallymoving,becausehisgrandmother,Scilla,hasAlzheimer’sdisease(阿尔茨海默症)andhaslostmanyofhermemories.PhiliptooknewphotosthatlookedliketheonesScillatooklongago,andputtheminanewalbum.EachpageofScilla’soldalbumwas...
“London’s antisemitism shame” was the headline splashed across the front page of the free commuter daily The Evening Standard on March 5, accompanied by a warning that “Jewish families plan to flee capital amid rising tide of hatred.”“London is now a no-go zone for Jews,” proclaimed...
Urban walking is hardly new. Novelist and journalist Will Self has long played the townie flâneur, and writer Iain Sinclair has made a fine reputation from his various London peregrinations. But they always come with a lecture: a walk isn’t a real walk unless you are aware of the histor...
Charlie Chan has been well served on DVD with five box sets already available, covering a total of 24 of the Fox Chan films. But this four-disc TCM Spotlight set is notable for two key reasons: they contain four Chan films made by Monogram Pictures and the prints have been restored, res...
Middlesex National League matches even though it is situated in Surrey (confusingly, the home side, Richmond CC plays in the Middlesex Cricket League). Both Surrey and Middlesex have played second team matches there. The ground is on the edge of Kew Gardens and is shared with the London ...
Contemplating these pictures now, they feel far away and I find it difficult even to remember the lockdown. It no longer seems real to me. Many are still struggling with the after-effects of that time yet when I look at these photographs I realise it is over. My pictures of this cold...