This work tells the story of how Tyburn came to be the place of execution and of the rituals and spectacle associated with the deaths of so many people, both famous and obscure.
I am rereading The Daughter of Time by Josephine Tey. There is a conversation between Inspector Alan Grant and the hospital porter. “Some people believe the earth is flat. Some people believe the world is going to end in A.D. 2000. Some people believe that it began less than five thousand years ago. You’ll hear […]
In her first major solo show in London, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s paintings recall the all too familiar diasporic experience of being foreign in both places you call home.
Artists Michael Armitage and Kudzanai-Violet Hwami discuss how painting allows them to navigate their contexts in this edited transcript that took place at Gasworks, London.
The West End's secret river, rediscovered.
4 Oct — 23 Dec 2016 at the Tyburn Gallery in London, United Kingdom
Succotash is a Southern favorite traditionally made with sweet corn, lima beans and sweet peppers. Swapping blueberries for the peppers preserves the vibrant colors and sweet notes of the original dish, while the addition of crispy bacon and fresh thyme rounds out and updates the flavors of this classic blueberry and sweet corn succotash recipe.
They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as C...
Tom Bolton reveals the surprising stories behind the little-known rivers that still surge beneath the streets of London
Sisters sing prayers every afternoon at the Tyburn Convent on Bayswater Rd, London.
In her first major solo show in London, Kudzanai-Violet Hwami’s paintings recall the all too familiar diasporic experience of being foreign in both places you call home.
From cleaning Nelson’s column to searching for otters - Graham Turner looks back with the GNM Archive and shares some of his unforgettable experiences of working as a Guardian staff photographer, 1983-2015.
Kirk Douglas is an Academy Award Winning Actor. Kirk Douglas has starred in Champion and The Bad and The Beautiful.
On November 3, 1783, highwayman John Austin became the last person to be publicly hanged at London's Tyburn gallows.
They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as Carlotta Maitland Smith discovers, the nuns of London's Tyburn Convent still have a lot to say for themselves.
Saint of the Day – 3 February – Blessed John Nelson SJ (1535-1578) Priest Martyr, English Jesuit Martyr who was executed during the reign of Elizabeth I. Born in 1534 at Skelton, Yorksh…
Alors que l'art contemporain africain a littéralement investi Paris cette année, artistes et galeristes espèrent qu'il ne s'agit pas d'un simple effet de mode.
Saint of the Day – 22 June – Saint John Fisher (1469-1535) Bishop, Martyr, Cardinal, Theologian, Academic, Writer – born in 1469 at Beverly, Yorkshire, England and died on 22 June…
They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as C...
They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as Carlotta Maitland Smith discovers, the nuns of London's Tyburn Convent still have a lot to say for themselves.
They cut ties with family and friends, deny themselves material possessions, take a vow of silence and rarely set foot in the outside world. But, as C...
