Join us at The London Archives as Dr Gabe Moshenska, Associate Professor in Public Archaeology, presents his fascinating research on Bloomsbury's bombsites from the late nineteenth to the twenty-first century.
5.30pm – 7pm GMT15 January 2025+ Add to calendar
The London Archives
£5
In the spirit of ‘A history of the world in hundred objects’, this talk presents the history of Bloomsbury in a dozen or so ‘bombsites’: the points of detonation but also the memorials, memories, marked masonry, and modern architecture that trace the long history of violence on the urban fabric. Ranging from Air Raid Shelters to Zeppelins, these pin-points of violent heritage include the work of inept blackmailers, the (intellectual) birthplace of the atomic bomb, and the dramatic (in every sense) aftermath of the bombing of RADA during the Blitz. Beginning and ending with accounts of terrorist attacks on the transport network, the talk offers a new perspective on the modern face of a historic district better known for its literary and artistic heritage.
