The school by the Alton Estate was built to be seen. Now nobody notices it
A Victorian idea about childhood, a millionaire's villa, then a secret wartime radar station.
Day: 21 June 2026
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Queensmere reopens on Wimbledon Common, its concrete pool gone
Eighteen months of work turned the silted Victorian pool into a wildlife haven.
One sailed the open sea at 17, the other is trapped on a Teams call. Both stopped the room
Both read at May's Poets in Putney night, which turns one this Thursday