Tag: London

“Smash the Pagan Idol!”

You can hear the mob baying, whipped up into a frenzy of anti Catholic fervour by the ringleaders. The crowd some three hundred strong fill narrow Lime Street to bursting point. Some carrying flaming torches which throw an eery glow on the assembled throng, casting deep shadows that heighten the sense of malevolence amongst the… Continue reading “Smash the Pagan Idol!”

The Dame,the Financier and the station that never was

I already knew of one of the protagonists of this story, but not the other and only recently learnt how their opposing views created an anomaly on the London Underground system. Let me start by introducing them. Dame Henrietta Octavia Weston Barnett, was an English social reformer, educationist, and author. She and her husband, Samuel Augustus Barnett… Continue reading The Dame,the Financier and the station that never was