Actor, director, writer. Born Streatham.
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Simon Callow
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Charles Dickens - Cranleigh Street
In Dickens' time it was called Johnson Street. His house was number 29 though...
Film industry
Simon Callow did the unveiling honours. There seems to be a battle going on ...
Mike Leigh & Alison Steadman
Unveiled by Simon Callow who has never worked on a Leigh movie though he and ...
Mozart - WC2
Unveiled by Simon Callow, who was the first actor to play the part of Mozart ...
Other Subjects
Burt Kwouk
Actor. Born Herbert Tsangtse Kwouk in Warrington whilst his parents were visiting the UK, was brought up in Shanghai, moving to Hong Kong after the Chinese revolution. Arriving in Britain in 1949, ...
Lorna Luft
Daughter of Judy Garland by her third husband, Sidney Luft. She has worked in show business and published a memoir.
Sir Donald Sinden
Actor. Born Donald Alfred Sinden in Plymouth. Renowned for his rich voice, he excelled in all genres of acting. On stage he was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. In the cinema he appeared ...
Cliff Richard
Born as Harry Webb in India. Starred with Olivier in Dave Clark's Time. The Shadows were his backing group.
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William George Hunt
Architect of the 1901 Shoreditch Town Hall Extension and of Campden Hill Mansions. Architect and surveyor of Bedford Gardens, Kensington in 1900 when he was working on houses in Addison Road. Will...
Queen Mother statue
SW1, The Mall
She died aged 101 but here she is shown aged 51, the age she was widowed, wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. 9 ft 6 ins, bronz...
Brown Dog statue
SW11, Battersea Park, Woodland Walk
See our page for the original statue for a description of the Brown Dog affair. This ended when, in 1910 the original statue was removed...
Maureen Davies and the wild women of Wapping
Ran a vigorous campaign in the 1980s. Set up the Turk's Head Company, a charity to improve local life, bought the derelict building from the Council and restored it. From the picture source: " It...
Henry Fuseli
Painter and writer. Born in Zurich as Johann Heinrich Füssli, worked mainly in England. The birth date we give is from the ODNB who warn that he later lied about it. His paintings often depict t...
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