https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/06/at-highgate-cemetery-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:21:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/06/at-highgate-cemetery-i/#comment-1520700 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:21:25 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196834#comment-1520700 The cemetery just exudes personality. The lion looks passed out — aren’t we all by the end of a hot summer? Maidens invariably weep. But, best of all, the village of crypts with carefully recorded names on the doors “to enable the holy postman.” I will remember this humorous phrase forever.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2023/09/06/at-highgate-cemetery-i/#comment-1520681 Wed, 06 Sep 2023 10:56:28 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=196834#comment-1520681 That was a treat. It is beautifully written.

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