Entitled 'London’s Once-Tidy Green Spaces Are Going Wild, On Purpose’ the journalist investigated why visitors to London are now experiencing a wonderful mix of manicured and wilder spaces - and it’s ...

Hori’s letters reveal a warm and loving family man. When he was called up in late 1916, he left his beloved wife Bessie behind with six young children: Sonny (Hori) aged 14 and already working, Arthur ...

As an older soldier, Hori found the lack of home comforts very difficult. For much of his time in the Middle East, water was rationed to a quart (two pints) a day. This was needed for drinking and ...

In the run-up to New Year’s Eve, The Royal Parks and the Metropolitan Police are reminding visitors not to bring fireworks or paper lanterns to Primrose Hill and that the park is not an official ...

Despite his distance, Hori kept up to date with events and achievements in his children’s lives. It clearly troubled him that he was missing his children growing up. In June 1917, he told Bessie: 'I ...

When Hori was sent to mainland Europe, his first stop was Salonika in Greece. In March 1917, he writes: 'There is no population to this part of the world. I haven’t seen a civilian since I have been ...

The event was held on Thursday, November 14, at the Hyde Park Learning Centre. Royal Parks Guild Vice Chair Ruth Lin Wong Holmes led the welcome, with an introduction to the event by Matthew Pottage, ...

This digital exhibition celebrates the life of Hori Tribe (1877-1917), an employee of The Royal Parks who was killed in action during the First World War. The exhibition uses Hori’s own words to tell ...

We are the charity that cares for the most famous collection of urban parks in the world. We provide free access to London’s beautiful, natural and historic green spaces, to help improve everyone’s ...

Pomp and circumstance. Buckingham Palace. And a princely pod of pelicans!

This charming landscape has watched over the ever-changing city of London for hundreds of years.

King Henry VIII was a passionate sportsman. Not content with hunting at Greenwich Park and Richmond Park, in 1536 he also acquired the land that now forms Hyde Park from the monks of Westminster Abbey ...