My work combines in-depth, researched history features and heritage news reporting. This is a selection of pieces I particularly enjoyed writing in the past few years:
LONDON AHOY, COUNTRY LIFE
Tigers, elephants, spices and tea from far-flung places have all journeyed up the River Thames, but it’s the naval veterans, merchants and seamen for whom this area was home who made the London docklands what they were
CITY OF SCANDAL, COUNTRY LIFE
Georgian London wasn’t only rocked by the Industrial Revolution, but a series of scandalous affairs and liaisons at the very top echelons of society that regularly made headlines
GO WITH THE FLOW, COUNTRY LIFE
The banks of the River Thames are littered with historical houses and royal residences best experienced on a walk upstream
A SPARK OF GENIUS, COUNTRY LIFE
Living abroad proved inspirational for four great British minds
HISTORICAL FOOTPRINTS, COUNTRY LIFE
In the first of a new series exploring the capital on foot, Carla Passino visits the City of London and journeys back many centuries in time
ALL IS WELL IN CLERKENWELL, COUNTRY LIFE
Its renovated warehouse buildings feel thoroughly modern, but this creative district in the capital can trace its roots back to medieval times
ALWAYS IN BLOOM, COUNTRY LIFE
Royalty, rockstars–and a rose or two–have all called the leafy district of Chiswick home
THE URBAN VILLAGE, COUNTRY LIFE
Once a swathe of bucolic landscape desired by London’s elite, Hackney is now one of the city’s most cosmopolitan and diverse boroughs
HEAD FOR THE HILL, COUNTRY LIFE
One of London’s most desirable boroughs started life as a small hilltop settlement. Carla Passino delves into the archives of Islington’s past
NO BONES ABOUT IT, COUNTRY LIFE
Named after St Mary’s Church and the river beside it, Marylebone has held onto its suburban roots, finds Carla Passino
BOHEMIAN PARADISE, COUNTRY LIFE
From John Keats to Dame Judi Dench–Hampstead has long been the home of Britain’s best, with good reason, discovers Carla Passino
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