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
- 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
- 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
- Dec 12, 2019
- 4 min
Parliament’s Postie
Imagine being at the heart of communication in one of the most important buildings in the world! It’s 1903 and in his private office in...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Dec 12, 2019
- 4 min
Parliament’s Postie
Imagine being at the heart of communication in one of the most important buildings in the world! It’s 1903 and in his private office in...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 26, 2019
- 5 min
The Top 6 Graves of Père-Lachaise
Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 26, 2019
- 5 min
The Top 6 Graves of Père-Lachaise
Here we go. Such has been my apprehension in attempting to write an entry about the most famous cemetery in the world that it’s taken me...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
Finding Mr. Moonlight
There’s a cemetery on a common that practically no-one knows is there. It’s not listed on The London Borough of Richmond’s Cemeteries...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Sep 12, 2019
- 3 min
Finding Mr. Moonlight
There’s a cemetery on a common that practically no-one knows is there. It’s not listed on The London Borough of Richmond’s Cemeteries...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jun 25, 2019
- 2 min
Help Restore The Burdick Grave
Right; roll up sleeves time, people. An accident befell my friends at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park not too long ago; a ruddy great tree...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jun 25, 2019
- 2 min
Help Restore The Burdick Grave
Right; roll up sleeves time, people. An accident befell my friends at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park not too long ago; a ruddy great tree...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1 min
Queerly Departed
Beneath those endless rows of stones and tombs of Brompton are stories. Fabulous stories. The first cemetery event of the year is here! I...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Feb 2, 2019
- 1 min
Queerly Departed
Beneath those endless rows of stones and tombs of Brompton are stories. Fabulous stories. The first cemetery event of the year is here! I...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 26, 2018
- 4 min
A Jaunt to the London Necropolis
‘So. Sheldon. The Monuments and Mausolea Trust are having their AGM at Brookwood Cemetery. You want in?’ How could I, intrepid cemetery...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Nov 26, 2018
- 5 min
A Jaunt to the London Necropolis
‘So. Sheldon. The Monuments and Mausolea Trust are having their AGM at Brookwood Cemetery. You want in?’ How could I, intrepid cemetery...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Aug 20, 2018
- 5 min
Rock Creek Cemetery
Who says cemeteries can’t be beautiful? You see those mausoleums? They gave me shade from the relentless August that I had to endure...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Aug 20, 2018
- 5 min
Rock Creek Cemetery
Who says cemeteries can’t be beautiful? You see those mausoleums? They gave me shade from the relentless August that I had to endure...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
Blake’s New Headstone
Well this is something special! For years, fans of one of the nation’s greatest creative minds have had to make do with an approximate...
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Sheldon Goodman
- Jul 23, 2018
- 2 min
Blake’s New Headstone
Well this is something special! For years, fans of one of the nation’s greatest creative minds have had to make do with an approximate...
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