Cemetery Club

The Comedian

Life lived with a bang, ended with a whimper Look at the cover image on this biography, written by Thomas Edgar Pemberton. Dressed with long, theatrical whiskers and a quizzical, confused glance – this was an extraordinary gentleman, resembling a 19th century Tom Selleck, who commanded a fee of £235 a week (roughly £23,500 in…
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Ghosts of West Norwood

West Norwood Cemetery shared an image of one of their more imposing monuments and I countered it with the same shot, but from 1968 (courtesy of Lambeth Archives). The imposing, henge-like monument to 19th century antiquaraian John Britton. A man who wanted his own memorial to endure down the eyons. So he took inspiration from…
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Studio For Sale

A flat in Hampstead is up for sale. Boasting over 1,332 sq feet of living space, a private terrace and close proximity to Hampstead High Street, this top floor flat – with its plain white walls, battered leather seats and eclectic set of metal map chests and chairs – has an asking price of £1.8…
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Outside of London: Berlin‘s Dorotheenstadt Cemetery

Taphophiles unite! A few days ago Matti Geyer, a tour guide from Berlin dropped me a message sharing his love of graveyards and cemeteries. He offered to do a short post about a cemetery that I myself had been to when I was last in Berlin – one of the city’s finest, in fact. Here…
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