Monthly Archives: July 2022
Songhaven Summer concert in St George’s gardens, 16 July
Songhaven’s free summer concert is on Saturday 16 July, 3-4pm – songs from stage and screen performed by professional classically-trained artists. The Friends are sponsoring this concert so please come along and enjoy the music and the good weather too. Last year’s Songhaven concerts were a great success and this year’s will be just as […]
Wellbeing walks from the Bloomsbury Squares -summer/autumn programme
Day Date Time Meet at Walk to See Mon 18.07.22 1100 Red Lion Square Russell Square Meet the Pope of Russell Square and his Cats Tue 26.07.22 1100 Marchmont Community Gdn Argyle Square gardens From dust heaps to gardens Wed 03.08.22 1100 Mecklenburgh Square Woburn Walk To the shops with a Georgian Queen and other […]
The Garden of Privatised Delights
A small free exhibition in the Building Centre in Store St, Bloomsbury, might be worth a look if you are passing by; one section considers exclusive garden squares, suggesting that railings should be torn down and public use of many kinds encouraged. Of course, nearly all the Bloomsbury garden squares are already open to the […]
Outdoor chess in Russell Square
Bloomsbury boasts the first square in Britain to have purpose-built outdoor chess tables rivalling those of the world famous Washington Square Park in New York. The beautiful handmade granite chess tables are the result of an initiative by the Square’s Commissioners. The tables are free for all to use and chess sets are available to […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 