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THE KICK INSIDE

Kate Bush
(1978)

The singer-songwriter Kate Bush was born in Bexleyheath in 1958.

In 1978, aged only 19, she released her first album The Kick Inside. The album was a milestone, not only for its originality but also because all the songs were written by her (pioneering for a female artist at the time).

The album included her classic Wuthering Heights and announced the arrival of an original and innovative musician.

London | Bexley

The County of London was formed in 1889 from parts of the ancient counties of Middlesex, Kent and Surrey, with the City of London remaining an independent body.

In 1965 Greater London was formed, taking in the rest of Middlesex (which no longer existed as a county) together with parts of Essex and Hertfordshire and further areas of Kent and Surrey.

Greater London is made up of 13 Inner and 19 Outer London boroughs together with the City of London.

Bexley once lay in Kent and is today one of the 19 boroughs making up Outer London. It lies on the eastern edge of the capital bordering the River Thames to its north, the London borough of Bromley to its south and the county of Kent to its east.

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The borough once lay in Kent which was an independent kingdom, but was later to become part of Wessex. The kingdom of Kent reached north to the river Thames, across which lay the kingdom of the East Saxons (Essex) and south and west to the kingdom of the South Saxons (Sussex).

Artists and Architects

The illustrator and writer Quentin Blake was born as Quentin Saxby Blake in Sidcup (then in Kent) in 1932. He wrote and illustrated his own books but also illustrated the work of other writers, most notably Roald Dahl and Joan Aiken.

Quentin Blake
Quentin Blake

Composers and Musicians

The singer-songwriter Kate Bush was born as Catherine Bush in Bexleyheath in 1958. In 1978, aged only 19, she released her first album The Kick Inside with all the songs written by her and including Wuthering Heights announcing the arrival of an original and innovative musician.

Kate Bush (1980)

Kate Bush

Kate Bush: Wuthering Heights (Bush)

Kate Bush: Running Up That Hill (Bush)

Places of Interest

Historic Buildings

In 1859 the artist and designer William Morris and the architect Phlipp Webb collaborated to design and build the Red House in Bexleyheath. It was Webb's first commission and the only building Morris would design and own himself, living there from 1860-65.