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- For Lambeth Heritage Festival Month 2026: Vauxhall walks, talks and events – a round-up 4 September 2026In Lambeth Heritage Month a short reminder of some upcoming Vauxhall-relevant walks and talks in September. Walks: Irish Stories South of the River Join Lambeth Tour Guide Christina Fitzgerald for a two-hour walk discovering Irish figures and events, their stories, struggles and achievements including local London history, on the streets in the northern part of...Read […]
- The local connection that led to Ross Davies’s latest – the biography of Stephen Haggard 30 August 2026Vauxhall History co-editor Ross Davies describes how Vauxhall inspired his reconstruction of the life and mysterious 1943 death of actor, playwright, poet – and Secret Service officer Stephen Haggard Vauxhall’s Tate South Lambeth Road Library doesn’t just stock books but on occasion may even generate one. It’s thanks to the Tate that my latest book,...Read […]
- Mudlarking at Vauxhall Bridge – from the fetid to the futuristic 26 July 2026Vauxhall History’s Ross Davies delves into mudlarker Lara Maiklem’s explorations on the southern bank of the Thames at Vauxhall. Maiklem has recently been appointed Mudlark-in-Residence at Southwark Cathedral. ‘Since I first went to Vauxhall years ago, the riverside has filled with tall buildings and hutch-like apartments piled one on top of another,’ writes Lara Maiklem...Read […]
- Deadly Skies Over Lambeth: The night a V-2 fell on Lambeth Baths 28 June 2026The night Lambeth was devastated by a German missile – and a curious local connection to its Nazi designer By Ken MacTaggart FBIS Death fell silently from the sky. The residents of Lambeth were accustomed to the rising and falling whine of air‑raid warning sirens, and the steady drone of aircraft engines as fleets of...Read […]
- ‘Macaroney Beaus and Bells in an uproar’: The traditional riot on the last night of the season at Vauxhall Gardens 21 June 2026For historian (and VauxhallHistory.org consultant) David Coke at least, Vauxhall Gardens remains a place of endless appeal, fascination and entertainment, despite the fact that it closed almost 170 years ago. This appeal is partly because so many unexpected and surprising objects and stories emerge continually, each one enriching our knowledge of the place, and highlighting its...Read […]