Sheldon Goodman
The Lions of London, Part 1
A marker to the dead can take many forms. A simple slab. A towering obelisk. A niche in a wall. Or as a ruddy great lion. Lions in...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Aug 9, 2021
- 4 min
Stumbling Stones
My foot scuffed something. I was walking down the Kloveniersburgwal in Amsterdam in 2018 when something slightly tripped me over. I...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Aug 5, 2021
- 5 min
Six Olympians From the Past
Despite the setbacks of happening in the middle of a global pandemic, the Tokyo Olympics of 2021 has already seen an impressive haul of...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jul 29, 2021
- 4 min
Fantasy Coffins
Ga culture, in south-east Ghana, has a brilliant way of remembering the lives of those they’ve lost. An eagle coffin within the...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jul 26, 2021
- 5 min
Young Sheldon
Whenever I start researching a cemetery, I always start by looking for a name. My own. Hopefully that won’t be interpreted by you as...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jul 22, 2021
- 4 min
Death in the British Museum: Object in Focus
Being invited by our wonderful Cemetery Club master of ceremonies Sheldon K. Goodman to participate in Death in the British Museum this...
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Sheldon Goodman
- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
The Peregrine of St. Pauls
The Museum of London has a fabulous Peregrine Falcon. It is however, dead. I saw this bird of prey when I visited the Beasts of London...
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Sheldon Goodman
- May 8, 2021
- 3 min
The Man Who Taught the World How to Remember
On the 8th May 1919 an idea was suggested which shaped how we remember the First World War. I was on a deep-dive on the British Pathé...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
Vesty
I’m in a cemetery today. I don’t want to be. Anyone who knows me will know one of my favourite jokes, considering my passion for...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Mar 9, 2021
- 1 min
A Touch of Class In Hampstead Cemetery
Cemetery Club After a short walk from West Hampstead tube and cutting through Fortune Green, my first experience of this garden of the...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Feb 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Music of Patrick Cowley
Cowley was instrumental in developing dance music in the late 70s/early 80s – and his death from AIDS in 1981 robbed the queer community...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Feb 4, 2021
- 5 min
The Music of Patrick Cowley
Cowley was instrumental in developing dance music in the late 70s/early 80s – and his death from AIDS in 1981 robbed the queer community...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jan 22, 2021
- 6 min
A Day in the Death of A Cockney Cemetery
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is one of my favourite cemeteries to research and explore. It doesn’t have the sepulchral magnificence of...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jan 22, 2021
- 6 min
A Day in the Death of A Cockney Cemetery
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is one of my favourite cemeteries to research and explore. It doesn’t have the sepulchral magnificence of...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jan 13, 2021
- 5 min
My Local in Lockdown
Famous for being the creative cradles of David Bowie, Bob Monkhouse and Julie Andrews, the ancient heart of the town of Beckenham has...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jan 13, 2021
- 5 min
My Local in Lockdown
Famous for being the creative cradles of David Bowie, Bob Monkhouse and Julie Andrews, the ancient heart of the town of Beckenham has...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Dec 24, 2020
- 4 min
Why Is There a Headstone in the Dickens Museum?
Visitors to the Dickens Museum may be surprised to see a gravestone in the back garden. Of course it is perfectly legal to be buried in...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Dec 24, 2020
- 4 min
Why Is There a Headstone in the Dickens Museum?
Visitors to the Dickens Museum may be surprised to see a gravestone in the back garden. Of course it is perfectly legal to be buried in...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 17, 2020
- 7 min
The Graves of English Poets
Occasionally I find gems from the archives that were published years ago by my cemetery and graveyard-loving predecessors – and this...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 17, 2020
- 7 min
The Graves of English Poets
Occasionally I find gems from the archives that were published years ago by my cemetery and graveyard-loving predecessors – and this...
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