Modern life is rubbish: Graham Coxon fights plans to demolish temple in Camden where he received communication from his late grandfather

A medium at the spiritualist temple just off Camden Road brought Graham Coxon communication from his late grandfather — now the guitarist is backing efforts to save the building from demolition.
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Amira Hashish16 August 2017

Blur’s Graham Coxon has backed a group of spiritualists fighting plans to demolish Rochester Square Spiritualist Temple off Camden Road in NW1.

The guitarist who has a successful solo career aside from his work with the band and lives in Camden Town, says he received a communication from his late grandfather via a medium at the temple, so he feels a personal link with it.

The temple was built with funds from Sherlock Holmes author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who laid a founding stone.

But developer Urban-lab seeks to knock it down and put up a three-storey building with nine flats and a “flexible arts-based community space”.

Graham Coxon (Dave Benett)