Greater London Council
Thomas de Quincy, 1785 - 1859, wrote "Confessions of an English Opium Eater" in this house.
Note: "Quincey" seems to be the accepted spelling rather than the "Quincy" on the plaque.
WC2, Tavistock Street, 36
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Thomas de Quincey
Born Manchester. Author, best known for "Confessions of an English Opium-Eate...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Thomas de Quincey
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
June 2020: This building has been demolished and, so far, not replaced, so we've marked the plaques as 'lost'. Please let us know if you...
Harold Laski, 1893 - 1950, teacher and political philosopher lived here, 1926 - 1950. Greater London Council
At first sight one would think this statue was created shortly after WW1 rather than in 2009.
City of Westminster Terence Donovan, 1936 - 1996, photographer, worked here, 1978 - 1996. Olympus Cameras 1999
2017: Maybe we are just unlucky but every time we come here this fountain-shelter is lost in amongst the florist's stuff. They are taking...
