June Sampson: 'Villified' Field Marshal Haig's forgotten role in poppy appeal
This article was originally published on October 19 2012.
June Sampson: The true magic of Hampton Court Flower Show revealed
June Sampson: I have not missed a single show since it started in 1990. I've seen it grow from a modest event over 10 acres to the largest show of its kind in the world.
June Sampson: New market place has reduced royal borough to a flimsy pop-up stage set
Letter to the Editor: "The new wooden stalls, hideous in their cheap uniformity, have reduced the heart of the ancient royal borough to a flimsy pop-up stage set."
June Sampson: By royal appointment
Thousands of people know the statue of Queen Anne, which has gazed unblinkingly over Kingston Market Place for the past 307 years.
June Sampson: Townscape awards show the best buildings and the ones that failed to make the cut
June Sampson reveals the strong nominations for the Kingston upon Thames Society’s biennial townscape awards – and those buildings that narrowly failed to make the cut
June Sampson: As the guns fell silent, the battle over Kingston's memorial broke out
The bloody slaughter of World War I ended on November 11, 1918, and the ink was barely dry on the armistice paper when Kingstonians began considering a fitting memorial to the hundreds of local men killed in battle during the previous four years.
June Sampson: Sad life of a women whose sweetness touched a town
Do any of the thousands of people who daily throng Clarence Street give a thought to – or have they even heard of – Princess Adelaide Amelia Laura Theresa Caroline of Saxe-Meiningen?
June Sampson's Shopwatch: Bold and the beautiful
Kingston is well on the way to becoming the provincial beauty retailing capital of the south east.
Kingston road names hint at Royal past
Women are amply represented when it comes to naming roads in Kingston, says June Sampson
June Sampson: Kingston station's 150th anniversary - and the myths around it - should not go unmentioned
It was an event of crucial importance to Kingston's economic and social progress.
