Blue Plaques Talk Back

Harry Gordon Selfridge read by Danny Huston 06.03.2024 5:02 ↓

Harry Gordon Selfridge read by Danny Huston The Landsdowne Club 9 Fitzmaurice Place W1J 5JD

Nancy Mitford read by Penelope Wilton 06.03.2024 4:22 ↓

Nancy Mitford read by Penelope Wilton 10 Curzon Street W1J 5HH

George Frideric Handel read by Rory Barnett 06.03.2024 4:53 ↓

George Frideric Handel read by Rory Barnett 25 Brook Street W1K 4HD

Jimi Hendrix read by David L Bennett 06.03.2024 3:58 ↓

Jimi Hendrix read by David L Bennett 23 Brook Street W1K 4HD

Horatio, Lord Nelson read by Rory Barnett 06.03.2024 4:56 ↓

Horatio Lord Nelson read by Rory Barnett 147 New Bond Street W1S 2TT

Silver by Walter de la Mare read by Nadine Wild Palmer 06.03.2024 1:29 ↓

Listen here to Nadine Wild Palmer reading Silver by Walter de la Mare

The Lamplighter by Robert Louis Stevenson read by Dominic West 09.03.2023 1:14 ↓

Listen to actor Dominic West read the poem The Lamplighter by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Mary Shelley read by Juliet Stevenson 08.03.2023 4:51 ↓

Listen as actor Juliet Stevenson brings Mary Shelley's story to life.

Ian Fleming read by David Mildon 08.03.2023 2:56 ↓

22 Ebury Street, listen to Ian Fleming's story here.

Vita Sackville West read by Bethan Dixon Bate 08.03.2023 3:58 ↓

The story of writer and gardener Vita Sackville West from the home she lived in with her husband Harold Nicolson, 182 Ebury Street, read by Bethan Dixon Bate.

Dorothy Bland read by Bethan Dixon Bate 08.03.2023 3:48 ↓

Dorothy Bland, 30 Cadogan Place, actress, lived here from 1812-1815.

Vivien Leigh read by Flora Montgomery 08.03.2023 3:15 ↓

Vivien Leigh lived at 54 Eaton Square until her death when she battled with her own demons, this story looks back at the life of a star of stage and screen.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart read by Rory Barnett 08.03.2023 3:11 ↓

Mozart lived in 180 Ebury Street when he was a boy, and famously composed his first symphony here in 1764 - Rory Barnett brings his story dramatically to life.

Oscar Wilde read by Rory Barnett 08.03.2023 4:15 ↓

Oscar Wilde reached the height of his fame while living at 34 Tite Street in Chelsea, listen to his story read by Rory Barnett.

Gertrude Bell read by Juliet Stevenson 08.03.2023 4:12 ↓

Gertrude Bell is best remembered for her travel writings on the Middle East and her key role in establishing the modern state of Iraq. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 95 Sloane Street in Chelsea, which she used as her London base for over 40 years.

'The Garden' by Vita Sackville West read by Bethan Dixon Bate 08.03.2023 1:05 ↓

Listen to this lovely rendition of 'The Garden' by Vita Sackville West read by Bethan Dixon Bate

Gertrude Bell read by Charlotte McDougal 08.03.2023 3:41 ↓

Gertrude Bell is best remembered for her travel writings on the Middle East and her key role in establishing the modern state of Iraq. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 95 Sloane Street in Chelsea, which she used as her London base for over 40 years.