Tag: Golders Green
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Shomrim: The Volunteer Patrols Keeping Jewish London Safe
In parts of north London, there is a particular sound that belongs to Jewish communal life: the Friday-afternoon rush before Shabbat, the clatter outside kosher bakeries, the school-run pavements full of children in dark coats, the gentle friction of London going about its business in several languages at once. And, increasingly, there is another presence…
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Hampstead Pergola: London’s Forgotten Edwardian Daydream
Tucked away in the verdant folds of Hampstead Heath, lies one of London’s most spellbinding secrets: the Hampstead Hill Garden and Pergola. A hidden treasure of Hampstead – it’s part garden, part ruin, part romantic hallucination—and entirely free to visit. The Soap Lord and the Spoil Let’s rewind to 1904. William Hesketh Lever—later Lord Leverhulme—was…
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Celebrating Golders Green
Golders Green. Say the name, and depending on who you ask, you might hear a variety of associations—kosher bagels, grand suburban houses, the ghost of a much-loved Woolworths, or perhaps the biggest Sainsbury’s in North London. It’s a place with a quiet, unassuming charm, the kind of neighbourhood that doesn’t shout about itself but has…