Pilgrims and Pilgrims Empress Eugenie de Montijo off Johnson's Court

off Johnson's Court

St James's Square and beyond

Manchester United footballer George Best decorating his Edwardian boutique 7th December 1967

Figures stand in the street outside the K Prussia Tavern

There was great distress among the Spitalfields weavers at the end of the 18th century and the clergy were accused of indifference to their plight

Pilgrims and Pilgrims Empress Eugenie de Montijo off Johnson's Court'Pilgrims and Pilgrims', 1873. A nattily dressed modern pilgrim casually lights a cigar as he talks about the perils of pilgrimage with the Ancient Pilgrim, dressed in the clothes of the past. He is carrying a staff, and the shell icon of a previous pilgrimage is in his hat. Here, Punch points up the devaluation of the religious tradition of pilgrimage which ought surely to carry with it a certain amount of renunciation and discomfort. From Punch, or