News & Blog

a medieval map on parchment from a birds-eye perspective of the Charterhouse and the surrounding area
Blog

Rare Survivors: Engineering a Water Supply for the London Charterhouse

The Charterhouse Water Maps are four illustrated manuscripts that depict the water system that was built c.1450 to provide...

Read more

Filter by type

Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse
Blog
4th February 2021

Diversity and inclusion at the Charterhouse

Reverend Canon Ann Clarke, the Preacher here at the Charterhouse, is heading up our Diversity Working Group. Here she introduces our approach, and heralds updated policies which will be public later this...

Read more
Brother Rory MacPherson – a memoir
Blog
2nd February 2021

Brother Rory MacPherson – a memoir

In January we very sadly lost Brother Rory MacPherson who had lived at the Charterhouse since 2013.  Well known for his career as a newsreader and diplomat, he had many stories to tell, but his illness...

Read more
Meet our Charterhouse Young Community team
Blog
8th December 2020

Meet our Charterhouse Young Community team

I’m Ruth and I’m currently studying for a Masters in Museum Studies at UCL, although this term has been all online. I started at the Charterhouse as a community engagement volunteer back in January,...

Read more
Engaging with our portrait collection
Blog
9th November 2020

Engaging with our portrait collection

Our Community Engagement partnerships with BlindAid, Age UK Islington and North London Cares continue to strengthen and we have been busy planning and hosting creative Zoom workshops & events, reports...

Read more
BlindAid workshop on Zoom
Blog
24th September 2020

Community engagement with the Great Chamber

On Tuesday 8th September 2020 the Charterhouse Community Engagement team, including our two new Young Audiences Creators, Kat and Ruth – welcomed members of the BlindAid and North London Cares Charities...

Read more
Kate’s lockdown diary no 7
Blog
4th August 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 7

Welcome to the seventh in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

Read more
Kate’s lockdown diary no 6
Blog
28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 6

Welcome to the sixth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

Read more
Kate’s lockdown diary no 5
Blog
28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 5

Welcome to the fifth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

Read more
Kate’s lockdown diary no 4
Blog
28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no 4

Welcome to the fourth in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

Read more
Kate’s lockdown diary no. 3
Blog
28th July 2020

Kate’s lockdown diary no. 3

Welcome to the third in our series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and...

Read more
Kate Robinson’s lockdown diary no. 2
Blog
21st July 2020

Kate Robinson’s lockdown diary no. 2

Welcome to a series of video diaries from our Head Gardener Kate Robinson – where she shows us around the gardens of the Charterhouse, looking at the different planting schemes and including tips...

Read more