Comments on: In William Blake’s Lambeth

By: David O'Connor

David O'Connor — Tue, 03 Aug 2021 01:56:01 +0000

I stumbled upon these Blakean wonders walking from Waterloo toward Tate Britain one day. I felt like I had walked into the presence of God. Perhaps I had.

By: Chris Webb

Chris Webb — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 16:37:21 +0000

In Marshal St, Soho, there is a sign (not a blue plaque) saying

“William Blake was born on 28 November 1757 in a house which stood on this site”

The current building is called William Blake House. Not the most beautiful building in London, or even in Soho.

By: Richard Smith

Richard Smith — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 11:39:22 +0000

The mosaics are wonderful and any attempt to remember the great man is to be applauded. What would Mr Blake think of the area where he once lived now? What is now proved was once only imagined.

By: Peter Hart

Peter Hart — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 10:19:54 +0000

Wonderful mosaics and great to see his poem London for all to see. Thank you.

By: Achim

Achim — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 09:05:26 +0000

William Blake had been largely unappreciated throughout his life. The mosaics in the place where he once lived are a wonderful retrospective of his work.

“I give you the end of a golden string;
‘Only wind it into a ball,
‘It will lead you in at Heaven’s gate,
‘Built in Jerusalem’s wall…”

Love & Peace
ACHIM

By: Stephen Baines

Stephen Baines — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 08:18:30 +0000

Fabulous

By: Wendy

Wendy — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:50:30 +0000

The mosaics are a beautiful and unexpected find under those dark arches and I’m glad they’re still there. Several years ago they were accompanied
by recordings of some of Blake’s poems in little push button boxes. Tyger, tyger being a favourite. I wonder why they are no longer there – I hope they’ll one day be reinstalled.

By: Colin Lennon

Colin Lennon — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 07:21:53 +0000

Brilliant post today GA! These mosaics are wonderful, as is the Archbishop’s Park that you also mention. I see them quite a lot in normal times, as they lie on what is possibly the most direct walking route between Tate Britain and the Tate Modern. There is also the Garden Museum at Lambeth Palace, so you can make yourself a very full, if exhausting, day out around this.

I hate to sound picky, but I’m not sure that turning left out of any of Waterloo Station’s exits will get you easily to Lower Marsh and thence Carlisle Lane; if you don’t know the area you will probably wind up on the South Bank, so much better to turn right I reckon. Having said that, I generally trust GA, so I may have missed something.

Once again though, great post!

By: Margaret Ker

Margaret Ker — Sun, 01 Aug 2021 05:58:00 +0000

This is wonderful.Particularly interesting because we had family members living at 9 Hercules Buildings a decade after the Blakes left there.