Bertrand Russell, 1872 - 1970, philosopher and campaigner for peace lived here in flat no.34, 1911 - 1916.
WC1, Bury Place
The building was originally "No 3 Russell Chambers" and is now labelled "Russell Chambers, Flats 25-36".
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Bertrand Russell
Philosopher, logician, essayist, social critic and campaigner for peace. Bert...
Plaque unveiled by Dame Judi Dench and Sir Ian McKellan.
First erected in 1880 and moved here in 1904. We've found two images of it in the original location (iStock and Harringay on-line) which...
Very similar iron plaques can be found on mooring bollards around the docks. The design looks early 19th century to us so perhaps this p...
Seeing a plaque in this 1970s photo of Brook Street at Spitalfields LIfe we investigated and identified the buildings in the photo as num...
Jack Beresford, 1899 - 1977, Olympic rowing champion, lived here, 1903 - 1940. English Heritage
The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Ro...
Politician. Born Nottinghamshire. An albino, he suffered poor and deteriorating eyesight so emigrated to Australia in 1841 in the hope of making a quick fortune before going blind. There he est...
The inscription which is on marble is barely legible, so we are grateful Wikipedia for the information. One has to wonder why a group as...
Pulford Street and the Equitable Gas Works used to occupy this six acre site. In the 1930s the Pulford Street Site Committee was respons...
The plaque refers to 'wall mounted artworks' but we did not see any on our visit in 2012, unless the plaques now in the ground used to be...
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