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Author Archives: Niall McDevitt
THE RIMBAUD BLAKE WATERLOO LAMBETH WALK
I have created a new walk especially for the Waterloo Festival 2017. https://www.waterloofestival.com The Rimbaud Blake Waterloo Lambeth Walk is something I’ve always wanted to do, but separately. However I wasn’t sure how to do a satisfying Rimbaud walk in … Continue reading
BLAKE AND BACON, TWO SOHO ARTISTS
1) Both William Blake and Francis Bacon are regarded as Soho artists, but for different reasons. Blake was born in Soho and lived at several Soho addresses inc. 28 Broadwick Street (now a Patisserie Valerie) and 28 Poland Street. Bacon … Continue reading
THE BLAKE BENCH
Today – Good Friday – by sheer luck, I was made aware of a magical piece of furniture in London, even while sitting on it. Attending Cathie Pilkington’s show Anatomy of a Doll in the Life Drawing Room of the Royal … Continue reading
THE WORLD PREMIERE FRANCIS BACON WALK
A Walk with Francis Bacon in Soho is the first ever Francis Bacon walk and has been commissioned by Society Club in Soho. Poetopography is usually concerned with the lives and works of poets in the places they lived and … Continue reading
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THE DEVIL ON THE STAGE
It is thanks to the rabid, theatre-bashing Puritan, William Prynne, that we know about an early performance of Christopher Marlowe’s masterpiece, Doctor Faustus. It took place in the courtyard pictured above, one of the great inn-yard theatres of London, situated … Continue reading
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WALSINGHAM HOUSE
Walsingham House is a property located at 35 Seething Lane. It commemorates a former resident of the street, better known as the address of Samuel Pepys. The building is currently undergoing a major refurbishment, accumulating storeys. Walsingham’s visage is obscured … Continue reading
DURHAM HOUSE
My Christopher Marlowe studies have led me to Durham House, a regular and illustrious hangout for the poet in the late 1580s and early 1590s. Durham House was a medieval palace gifted to Sir Walter Raleigh by Queen Elizabeth. It … Continue reading
