Kensington & Chelsea
Kensington & Chelsea is London’s smallest borough by area. But it packs a big punch with tourist draws like Portobello Road and a number of museums, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, Natural History Museum and Science Museum.
It includes some of London’s wealthiest neighbourhoods, such as Chelsea and Knightsbridge. But 2017’s catastrophic Grenfell Tower fire in North Kensington is a reminder of the borough’s high inequality.
Among the notable figures to have called Kensington & Chelsea home are poet and playwright Oscar Wilde and novelist Agatha Christie. Royals including Princess Margaret and Princess Diana have lived in Kensington Palace.
Up the road from there each August bank holiday, the streets come alive with Notting Hill Carnival. Beginning in 1966 as a celebration of the area’s Caribbean heritage and culture, it has evolved into one of the biggest street parties in Europe and draws millions of visitors each year.
Portobello Road in the Notting Hill area of Kensington & Chelsea
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Through the lens of Charlie Phillips
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Notting Hill Carnival: Memories, roots & rhythms
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Student working on a still life painting at the Brym Shaw School of Painting and Drawing (negative)
Grant, Henry
C. 1960
Christabel Pankhurst at The Women's Exhibition, Knightsbridge (glass plate)
Broom, Christina
1909-05
A large group of Teddy Boys in Princedale Road, North Kensington (silver gelatin print)
Mayne, Roger
1956
