Also known as 198 Contemporary Arts and Learning. An art space and gallery in Railton Road, Brixton that for more than three decades has had a strong commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. Founded in 1988 as Roots Community.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
198 Gallery
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Soweto children
This sculpture was inspired by a widely-circulated and influential news photo...
Other Subjects
Glasgow School of Art
Founded in 1845 as the Glasgow Government School of Design. It changed to its current name in 1853. The main building, shown in the picture, in Renfrew Street was designed by Charles Rennie Mackint...
Lady Diana Beauclerk
Lady Diana Spencer was born in 1735, the eldest child of the third Duke of Marlborough. She was expected to follow a traditional path through life: educated in the fashion considered suitable for a...
Augustus John
Augustus Edwin John was born Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Painter, draughtsman and etcher, specialized in portrait painting. Famous subjects include T.E. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, George Bernard Shaw and Dy...
Maud Russell
Socialite and wealthy patron of the arts. Born in Chelsea as Maud Julia Augusta Nelke, daughter of Paul Nelke, a German Jew who was the senior partner in Nelke, Phillips & Bendix. Her grandfat...
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Bunhill burial ground - 5
EC1, City Road
The 5 piers on the City Road boundary each carry a golden inscription. We list them here south to north. There is a common misapprehens...
BBC Tower
N22, South Terrace
The BBC (who else?) have a good post about their time here. Pity this plaque had no room to mention John Logie Baird.
Sidney Street siege and fire
E1, Sidney Street, Wexford House
Our colleague Alan Patient decoded JEECS into ‘Jewish East End Celebration Society’ and the colourful something is their logo, so they ar...
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