4th February 2026
How the evolution of the Charterhouse architecture reveals the changing relationship between monks, the local community,...
Read more
Stephen McGhee (centre), a Brother of the Charterhouse who loves opera, travel, poetry and art. “No day is exactly the same for me,” explains Brother Stephen McGhee, who is chatting to me in his flat...
Read more
My name is Oliver Ross and I’m working at the Charterhouse for my year ten work experience. I applied for museum work and was very lucky that I got it because I have loved my time here, even if it is...
Read more
Sculpture of St Catherine, late 15th century This is all that remains of a sculpture of St Catherine of Alexandria. She is shown triumphing over the Roman Emperor Maxentius who had ordered her death. The...
Read more
These fascinating post cards, published by E.T. Bottom Ltd. 1916, capture the Charterhouse as it was over 100 years ago. Those familiar with the Charterhouse may note a few changes. For instance, “The...
Read more
(Above) The Norfolk Cloister in which Association Football was played. The following article, published in 1976 and written by the great football reporter Geoffrey Green, explores the history of Association...
Read more
The Brothers of the Charterhouse are entitled to a glass of beer with their meals. But there was a time when this privilege extended to pupils of Charterhouse school too. In the following article, published...
Read more
Above: the Charterhouse Chapel in 1916, eight years after this article was published. The following article, originally published in The Daily Telegraph in 1908, regards the curious Act of 3 Charles I,...
Read more
Patrick Rowe (1917 – 2012) was a professional artist who became a Brother of the Charterhouse in 2002. He produced many collages both before and during his time here. The titles reflected his musical...
Read more
Simon Arthur Noël Raven (28 December 1927 – 12 May 2001) was an English novelist, essayist, dramatist and raconteur who, in a writing career of forty years, caused controversy, amusement and offence....
Read more
Founder’s Day is held in celebration of Thomas Sutton (pictured above). He died at his home in Homerton in 1611, the same year he founded the Charterhouse. The son of an official of the city of...
Read more
The Block, 1837 | Lithograph by H W Burgess (c. 1792–1844) This print relates to Charterhouse School, the charitably-funded grammar school which flourished on this site between 1614 and 1872. The artist,...
Read more
The ‘Blitz’ was a sustained campaign of aerial bombing attacks on British towns and cities carried out by the Luftwaffe (German Air Force). It began on 7 September, when German bombers attacked...
Read more