The Bloomsbury Project is investigating the growth of Bloomsbury in the 19th century from mostly undeveloped land at the beginning to Britain's centre of progressive education, charities, cutting-edge medicine and research by the end. In this video, project director Prof Rosemary Ashton and researcher Dr Deborah Colville provide insight into a few of the characters and places that made Bloomsbury a cradle of forward-thinking education, following the establishment of UCL in 1826. www.ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-project/ UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's very best universities. As a multi-faculty, research-intensive university in central London, our research helps tackle global challenges and feeds directly into outstanding degree programmes. Visit us at www.ucl.ac.uk