The abandoned theatre at Alexandra Palace, London in pictures
Alexandra Palace in north London is one of the few surviving grand leisure buildings constructed in the 19th century, and hidden away inside is a theatre that closed its door 65 years ago. During its lifetime it was also used as a cinema, a centre for Belgian refugees in the first world war and as part of an internment camp for German prisoners during the second. Ambitious plans for its future came to a halt followin…