The second in our series of pop-up exhibitions, Living in King’s Cross, explores the experiences of people who have lived in the King’s Cross area over the past 100 years. It tells stories of daily life on some of the iconic housing estates in the area, as well as delving into the history of squatting, ...
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Tolmers Square, an enclave of Victorian houses behind Euston Station, became home to a group of young, politically organised squatters in the 1970s. Patrick Allen was one of them: I was interested in [squatting], partly because I thought it was politically interesting, and partly because I needed to save money…for my law studies. The ...
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Alex Smith was born on the 7th of November 1953, in the village of Butley, near Glastonbury. From the sacred landscape of Glastonbury, he has spiralled his way to King’s Cross, where, he told us, Blake took inspiration in the writing of Jerusalem. Alex’s is a life infused with the images and the shapes of myth. In ...
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