London On The Ground
Angel Wings sculpture: not just for Christmas
Angel Wings is a year-round 'Christmas decoration' on an epic scale, a play on the Angel Islington's name and link to the Nativity story.
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London On The Ground
- Nov 11
- 2 min
The Hitchcock mosaics of Leytonstone station
Vibrant tiled images celebrate the life and work of film director Alfred Hitchcock. The passageway into and out of the Central line...
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London On The Ground
- Nov 5
- 7 min
Shakespeare in Shoreditch: a statue and The Stage
A statue and visitor centre for The Theatre and The Curtain playhouse sites. The Theatre and The Curtain, both in Shoreditch, were...
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London On The Ground
- Sep 15
- 3 min
A quartet of carved clergy: the Bishops' Tree at Fulham Palace
Four wooden Bishops await visitors to the gardens of Fulham Palace.
Environmental sculptor Andrew Frost carved them from a dead cedar tree
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London On The Ground
- Aug 25
- 3 min
Islington's New River mosaic: little known, but of high artistic quality
An Islington school has a Grade II listed 1964 public artwork by William Mitchell. Outside the City of London Academy Islington, a...
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London On The Ground
- Apr 7
- 5 min
Emily Young's serene stone angels near St Paul's need to be seen
See the angel heads by Britain's "greatest living stone sculptor" on public display next to St Paul's. Five angel heads by Emily Young,...
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London On The Ground
- Mar 10
- 4 min
Tim Crawley's City of London stone sculptures
The City of London boasts fine examples of work by Tim Crawley, one of the UK's foremost sculptors of stone. Tim Crawley describes...
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London On The Ground
- Nov 25, 2022
- 4 min
The City of London's only modern sculpture of school children
Andrew F Brown's bronze on Newgate Street immortalises the 470 year old 'Bluecoat school'. The sculpture commemorates Christ's Hospital,...
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London On The Ground
- Nov 11, 2022
- 5 min
The Cenotaph: Lutyens' simple but enduring design
Lutyens' 102 year old Empty Tomb remains the centre of national Remembrance. The Monument to the Women of World War II stands nearby....
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London On The Ground
- Oct 7, 2022
- 4 min
Down Pentonville Road towards St Pancras: 1884 and today
The view towards St Pancras station down Pentonville Road looking west was painted by Irish painter John O'Connor in 1884. The painting's...
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London On The Ground
- Aug 12, 2022
- 3 min
The delicate terracotta Cutlers
An exquisitely shaped frieze depicting skilled craftsmen adorns a red brick Victorian building in the City of London. The building is...
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London On The Ground
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Spitting image: Ben Wilson turns used chewing gum into art
Cross the Millennium Bridge and see tiny artworks painted on old chewing gum in the grid of the walkway. For years I walked across the...
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London On The Ground
- Feb 11, 2022
- 2 min
Seven Ages of Man: Shakespeare, BT & brutalism
Shakespeare's 'All the world's a stage' inspired a 22ft sculpture at BT's brutalist City of London building. The statue, entitled 'Seven...
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London On The Ground
- Feb 4, 2022
- 7 min
Old Queens: Ten of Six in the City
The Queen's Platinum Jubilee prompts a look at ten public statues of six past queens in the City of London. By my count, ten statues of...
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London On The Ground
- Dec 10, 2021
- 4 min
London knights: Cnihtengild statue guards Devonshire Square
Unusual bronze sculpture evokes a guild of knights of 1,000 years ago. This impressive work of art in the east of the City of London was...
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London On The Ground
- Nov 12, 2021
- 3 min
Monument to the slave trade: Gilt of Cain in Fen Court
A poem and sculpture hidden away in the City of London commemorates the abolition of the slave trade. Sculpted by Michael Visocchi with...
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London On The Ground
- Oct 4, 2021
- 6 min
City of London: dragons' den
Dragons guard the City of London and are to be found on its streets and buildings. The City of London coat of arms The City of London's...
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London On The Ground
- Sep 10, 2021
- 4 min
Crutched Friars create frisson. A little known City of London carving
A sculpture of two friars in the City of London casts light on the medieval City, the sculptor's sense of humour and the nature of...
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