15th October 2025
The Charterhouse, behind high walls on the edge of the City of London, has seen centuries of history and feels far removed...
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Pictures from camp life: R. Boulger, who later became a Brother of the Charterhouse, handing out “dibs” at Brocton Prisoner of War Camp in 1918. The above pencil-sketch was found in the Old Charterhouse...
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The word Charterhouse, meaning a Carthusian monastery, is derived from La Grande Chartreuse, the first hermitage of the Carthusian Order founded by Saint Bruno. There were ten Charterhouses in the Britain...
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John Maddison Morton (3 January 1811 – 19 December 1891) was an English playwright who in later life became a Brother of the Charterhouse. He was famous in the 19th century for his one-act farces, though...
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Thackeray spent his formative years at the Charterhouse, which he parodied in his later fiction as “Slaughterhouse”. William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was one...
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The Brothers of today live very different lives from their counterparts of the early 20th century. Over a hundred years ago, conditions at the Charterhouse were austere, and Chapel attendance was compulsory....
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Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American writer who is perhaps best remembered for his short stories, particularly “Rip Van Winkle” (1819) and “The Legend...
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Ian Douglas Nairn (24 August 1930 – 14 August 1983) was a British architectural critic and topographer. In 1955, he established his reputation with a special issue of the Architectural Review called...
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