Arcadia - Thomas Eakins 1883

ARCADIA is the title of a magazine produced by the Council for the residents of Richmond Upon Thames.

So what is Arcadia and what has it got to do with our area?

 Well, Arcadia is a region of Greece. As Wikipedia says:

“Arcadia remained a rustic, secluded area, and its inhabitants became proverbial as primitive herdsmen leading simple, pastoral unsophisticated yet happy lives, to the point that Arcadia may refer to some imaginary idyllic paradise”.

Sound like Richmond? No? Well try this (Wikipedia again)

“The Libertines, especially Pete Doherty and Carl Barat, use Arcadia as the destination their ship Albion is sailing towards. It is thought of as a place without rules or authority, where cigarettes grow on trees and park benches are covered in denim, and it is evenly populated by Cockney Rudeboys and Dickensian Gentlemen.”

Fair enough – sounds alright to me…

More at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia_(utopia)