Comments on: In William Blake’s London https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sat, 30 Nov 2019 06:26:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Carolyn Hooper https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1323178 Sat, 30 Nov 2019 06:26:50 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1323178 Simply delightful, gentle author. Here’s to the Blakes and also the mosaic makers of current times.

From the Land Down Under

]]> By: Colin Lennon https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1323104 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 16:13:29 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1323104 These are lovely mosaics and I get to enjoy them frequently as the archway is part of my favourite walk from Tate Britain to Tate Modern – the Bishop’s park and the Garden Museum by Lambeth Palace are also close by.

]]> By: Venetia Horton https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1323070 Fri, 29 Nov 2019 07:28:34 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1323070 Thank you. These are wonderful.

]]> By: Margaret McDermott https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322982 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 13:24:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322982 “Every night and every morn/Some to misery are born/Every morn and every night/Some are born to sweet delight”. Where is our Blake now.

]]> By: Dean Armond https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322945 Thu, 28 Nov 2019 07:31:32 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322945 A wonderful and inspirational article, thank you Gentle Author!

William Blake was a fascinating person and so much of what he had to say remains relevant to life today.

Well done indeed for highlighting this incredible individual!

]]> By: Colin https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322893 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 22:12:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322893 Fabulous mosaics and what a good piece of informative writing too. Blake was quite a man of London – I am formerly from Peckham, site of his ‘vision’ on The Rye so feel a ‘borough’ connection too.
Mosaic work is such a good use of these dark, sometimes forbidding spaces, there are more mosaics of a royalty theme decorating the arch on Black Prince Rd, off Albert Embankment – just beyond the very ornate Doulton building. I happened upon them a couple of years ago to pleasant surprise and spent far longer walking through that rail arch than any ever before!

]]> By: Noelle https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322860 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 11:47:15 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322860 Wonderful collection of mosaics which I wasn’t familiar with at all. I live right by St Mary’s church in Battersea (not far from Battersea Bridge) where the Blakes married; it is a lovely thing to learn more of the different areas of London wherein they made their homes. Happy Birthday dear Mr Blake!

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322855 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:24:39 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322855 Astonishing imagination and enterprise!

This urban art gallery should be better-known.

]]> By: Richard Smith https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322854 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 10:06:07 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322854 It would be interesting to reflect on what William Blake would think of the present day London and it’s people.

]]> By: Stephen Watts https://spitalfieldslife.com/2019/11/27/in-william-blakes-london/#comment-1322851 Wed, 27 Nov 2019 09:54:55 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=178098#comment-1322851 Many thanks for the fine photographs of the mosaics. Nearby, by the way, and miraculously intact amidst all vast commercial development is ‘iklektic’ (& other studios/venues/allotments of counter culture) that frequently hosts music & poetry in the wide spirit of Blake. I think also that tomorrow there will the traditional gathering of poets (at Tate Britain) from 1pm to celebrate William Blake. Many thanks again for bringing these images (including the rough sleepers tents) home to us

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