21st February 2017
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 in the Evening News in 1935, the Dean of Westminster pines for the not-so-distant days when... continue
17th February 2017
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, which required the Brothers to attend chapel service twice on Sunday and once every day of the week.... continue
7th February 2017
James Sadler (February 1753 – 28 March 1828), was the first English balloonist and the second person, after Vincenzo Lunardi, to make a balloon ascent in England. He became a Brother of the Charterhouse in 1828, having been nominated for the position by Robert Peel, who at the time was Home Secretary.... continue
24th January 2017
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 interests but had no direct bearing on the artworks, which were ‘merely decorations to delight the... continue
