Yet another great example of Covent Garden Community and hospitality can be found over the road in pedestrianised Cecil Court, which has been relatively untouched since the 17th century. Be prepared to chew the fat with silver, antique and rare book experts, who'll offer you tea and coffee, more likely ply
Maiden Lane is one of my favourite places in Covent Garden and not just because I've called this Lane home for 11 years. The amount of characters that have walked up and down, lived and dinned here is mind boggling. J.M.W Turner (the most famous landscape painter) was born in
I was so very sad to hear that Milton Glaser, the most important graphic designer of our time (who designed the 'I heart NY' logo over 40 years ago, founded New York Magazine and created countless iconic images) passed away on 26th June 2020 in Manhattan on the
A favourite with the locals, Jubilee Hall Gym on The Piazza reopened over the weekend. No need to book for the gym but please book for studio & spinning classes Opening Hours Monday & Tuesday 1030am-830pm Wednesday & Thursday 7am-6pm Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday CLOSED Facilities & Activities The Gym
Would you like to create our Winter 2020 Cover? ‘All that is Covent Garden, Past, Present and Future.’ The Covent Gardener is inviting an artist (any age & discipline) to design the cover for our Winter Issue 2020 ‘All that is Covent Garden, Past, Present and
Mark Fox on how the Drury Lane Theatre was rescued by a canine sensation In 1803, the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan was in severe financial difficulties. His successful works – The Rivals (1775), The School for Scandal (1777) and The Critic
Lucy Moore laments the decline of the Jelly-house, erstwhile institutions of all things wobbly A 1771 guide to Covent Garden promised to take its readers on a tour of ‘the theatres, Jelly-houses, Gaming-houses, Night-houses, Cottages, Masquerades, Mock-Masquerades, Public-gardens, and other places of
Architect and mudlark Jason Sandy introduces us to the lost Anglo-Saxon city of Lundenwic Have you ever wondered what lies hidden beneath the cobblestones of Covent Garden? In 1985, the driver of a mechanical digger discovered that the answer to this
Food historian Regula Ysewijn introduces a remarkable figure from Covent Garden history Eliza. Listen closely and you might hear the name of an uncrowned queen of yesteryear echoing around the majestic walls of Covent Garden Market. Eliza James, the ‘Watercress Queen’. Surely one
There were over 100,000 costermonger donkeys in Covent Garden from 1661-1974