Category Bloomsbury Festival
Free events at the Bloomsbury Festival in the Bloomsbury Squares this weekend
Two free events not to miss: Friends of St George’s Gardens: Saturday 18 October 3 pm at Holy Cross Church, Cromer St a dramatic ‘unearthing’ of the story of Jonathan Richardson, Georgian gentleman, a ghost of the former graveyard Friends of Brunswick Square: Sunday 19 October, 10.30 am and 2 pm in the gardens a […]
Don’t miss these events in St George’s Gardens
There will soon be another Bloomsbury Festival ‘unearthing’ of a person buried in the former graveyard. If you enjoyed Mr Dilly’s story last year, come and hear about ‘Jonathan Richardson, Georgian gentleman’, in Holy Cross Church, on Saturday 18 October at 3pm with actors Debbie Radcliffe and Jules Date. Admission free, all welcome. Then on […]
Explore Michael Craig-Martin sculptures in Russell Square
Come along to the square to see the Michael Craig-Martin sculptures that the Commissioners of Russell Square, working with the Gagosian Gallery, the Bloomsbury Festival and the Henry Moore Foundation, have just had installed in Russell Square Gardens. They will be there until the end of October. You can find out more about Michael Craig-Martin and […]
Bloomsbury Festival, 18-27 October 2024
This year’s Bloomsbury Festival has things to look out for in our gardens. ECHO by Joe Duggan, Russell SquareA new public sculpture by artist Joe Duggan, commissioned by the Commissioners of Russell Square, this monumental artwork stands 4 metres tall in Russell Square Gardens, resembling hastily erected metal scaffolding with a concrete boulder precariously balanced […]
Bloomsbury Festival in the Bloomsbury Squares
The festival is well underway with many events around the area. In particular, an open air dramatic production in St George’s Gardens on Saturday 21 October at 3 pm and, all through the festival, a photographic exhibition on the railings of Brunswick Square. Deaf photographer Stephen Iliffe’s photographic portraits range from female vicar to Muslim […]
‘The Story of a Victorian Megastar’ in St George’s Gardens
On Saturday October 21 at 3pm as part of the Bloomsbury Festival, actors Debbie Radcliffe and Jules Date will be telling the story of another of our graveyard’s famous occupants – Julia Betterton Glover, buried there in 1850. We’ve called this unearthing The Story of a Victorian Megastar. Mrs Glover acted on the London stage […]
Breathe: Bloomsbury Festival 2022 walks and events
Bloomsbury Festival 2022 features a whole host of events, including a number of fascinating walks and talks which covering a diverse range of topics. Take a look below at some of the highlights. See Full Festival Programme Here Friends of St George’s Gardens are presenting a free event in their fascinating series on former occupants […]
Bloomsbury’s Links to Slavery: St George’s Gardens in the Bloomsbury Festival
A presentation exploring how the lives of some of the people buried in St George’s Gardens were closely linked to slavery, which brought wealth and privilege to Bloomsbury. On Saturday 22 October at 3pm, Friends of St George’s Gardens will be looking at the lives of some of the people buried in the Gardens who owned […]
Light and Shade in the Bloomsbury Gardens: View festival drawings of the squares online
The artist Nick Andrew had a busy (and exhausting!) 9 days from 16 – 24 October, drawing, demonstrating and meeting visitors in and around the Bloomsbury garden squares for the Bloomsbury Festival, with the theme of ‘Shining Light’. (See the ‘Bedford Square’ drawing below.) We’re planning an exhibition of the drawings in Bloomsbury shortly (details […]
Artist in residence in the Bloomsbury Squares
During the Bloomsbury Festival, the artist Nick Andrew has been exploring the theme of city green spaces from the perspective of a rural landscape painter. Sketching in a different garden square each day, he is producing a full-size work in each, complementing the sketches he made over several years for the book Bloomsbury’s Squares and […]
Bloomsbury Squares & Gardens 