Blue Plaques Talk Back

Listen here to Nadine Wild Palmer reading Silver by Walter de la Mare

Horatio Lord Nelson read by Rory Barnett147 New Bond StreetW1S 2TT

Jimi Hendrix read by David L Bennett23 Brook StreetW1K 4HD

George Frideric Handel read by Rory Barnett 25 Brook StreetW1K 4HD

Nancy Mitford read by Penelope Wilton10 Curzon StreetW1J 5HH

Harry Gordon Selfridge read by Danny HustonThe Landsdowne Club9 Fitzmaurice PlaceW1J 5JD

Listen to actor Dominic West read the poem The Lamplighter by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Gertrude Bell is best remembered for her travel writings on the Middle East and her key role in establishing the modern state of Iraq. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 95 Sloane Street in Chelsea, which she used as her London base for over 40 years.

Listen to this lovely rendition of 'The Garden' by Vita Sackville West read by Bethan Dixon Bate

Gertrude Bell is best remembered for her travel writings on the Middle East and her key role in establishing the modern state of Iraq. She is commemorated with a blue plaque at 95 Sloane Street in Chelsea, which she used as her London base for over 40 years.

Oscar Wilde reached the height of his fame while living at 34 Tite Street in Chelsea, listen to his story read by Rory Barnett.

Mozart lived in 180 Ebury Street when he was a boy, and famously composed his first symphony here in 1764 - Rory Barnett brings his story dramatically to life.

Vivien Leigh lived at 54 Eaton Square until her death when she battled with her own demons, this story looks back at the life of a star of stage and screen.

Dorothy Bland, 30 Cadogan Place, actress, lived here from 1812-1815.

The story of writer and gardener Vita Sackville West from the home she lived in with her husband Harold Nicolson, 182 Ebury Street, read by Bethan Dixon Bate.

22 Ebury Street, listen to Ian Fleming's story here.

Listen as actor Juliet Stevenson brings Mary Shelley's story to life.