A welcome announcement – Camden are developing a policy on the siting and suitability of monuments and memorials in their public spaces, including the Bloomsbury Squares, and invite public participation in a consultation until 2 December. See details below – and take the opportunity to respond with your views on their detailed proposals. “The Borough […]
Welcome to the Open Air exhibition ‘Changeable Conditions’ including: Emma Biggs and Matthew Collings, Veronique Chance, Rosy Head, Clair Joy, Mike Marshall, Jasone Miranda-Bilbao, Janette Parris and Tariq Alvi and Chris Gregory, Katie Pratt, Giorgio Sadotti, Kate Smith, Clare Stent, Liz Wright October 11–14, 2012, 10 am–4 pm Private view Saturday October 13 4–6 pm Lunchtime running performance by […]
As part of the Bloomsbury Festival, 19-21 October, various events are happening in and around the Bloomsbury Squares. Check the website http://www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk for the full programme of events but note especially WALK: The Squares of Bloomsbury, leaving from Russell Square 13.30-15.00 Sat or 15.00-16.30 Sun WALK: Mecklenburgh Square and Goodenough College 14.00-14.45 Sat or 14.00-14.45 Sun […]
Welcome recent news. The second application for a statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, by a new applicant and a different sculptor, has been refused. For details see the Camden planning website: http://www.camden.gov.uk/planningsearch. The application number is 2012/2355/P. We are hopeful that the new policy on public memorials currently being drawn up by Camden will give better consideration […]
Put the weekend of 20th October in your diary now for a delightful and upbeat weekend of free music, art, performance, workshops, talks, walks, and much, much more courtesy of the British Museum, Wellcome Collection, The Place, October Gallery, The Horse Hospital, UCL, SOAS et al! Check out what’s happening in the squares and gardens at: http://www.bloomsburyfestival.org.uk Follow us: @bloomsburyfest […]
At the beginning of July the magazine Horticulture Week launched ‘Parks a Priority’ – a call for a parliamentary inquiry into the needs of urban parks and how to respond to the looming funding crisis. The well-attended launch took place in the Houses of Parliament, hosted by the All-Party Parliamentary Gardening and Horticulture Group of MPs and Lords. The National Federation of […]
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the park ….a new application for a statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, by a new applicant and a different sculptor, has been registered. Very little has changed from the previous application. Objections have to be in by 28 August and you can comment on the […]
The awful weather means that, with great sadness and regret, the organisers of the forthcoming ‘Bloomsbury Summer Fete’ – due to take place on Friday 13 July – are having to re-schedule the event. Conditions in Bedford Square are so water logged, following the recent extreme rain storms that, with more heavy rain forecast for […]
The statue of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founder of Bangladesh, which had been proposed for Brunswick Square Gardens, was rejected by 7 to 1 at the Camden Development Control committee on Thursday 28 June. Friends of Brunswick Square, the statutory consultee the Garden History Society, London Parks and Gardens Trust, the Bloomsbury Conservation Area Advisory […]
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