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St Pancras Old Church
If you do decide to visit St Pancras Old Church and explore its connections with Mary and Percy Shelley, there are a few other things to look out for. As already discussed in the previous post, writer and women’s rights advocate Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 – 1797) and political activist and author William Godwin 1756 – 1836) were married in this church and […]
Gothic Revival reborn – behind the scenes at the new St. Pancras Renaissance Hotel
June 3, 2011
After a six year, £200 million restoration project by the Manhattan Loft Corporation, the former Midland Grand Hotel building has finally re-opened to the public as the 5-star St. Pancras Renaissance London Hotel, part of the Marriott hotel group. Locals and commuters know the imposing Gothic Revival edifice, straddling Euston and Midland Roads in Kings Cross, as the gatekeeper […]
London Bytes
- View of the week: Alien doppelgänger March 28, 2013 Belinda
- Noam Chomsky @ British Library March 27, 2013 Belinda
- View of the week: Lichtenstein @ Tate Modern March 12, 2013 Belinda
July 21, 2011
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