“My father, Lawrence Minter, took over this brick works in 1936 when he was thirty-five. It had been here for hundreds of years, with the earliest evidence dating from 1450, and it was a typical local ...

Consequently, I was fascinated to visit the Drapers’ Hall and explore the chambers of the ancient livery company arranged ...

Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St. Portrait of Beattie Orwell by Phil Maxwell.

Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St today. Max Levitas (1915-2018) by Phil Maxwell. Max Levitas ...

In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London ...

Arful Nessa in her garden in Puma Court. My mother is the first to admit tha ...

Often when I set out for a walk from Spitalfields, my footsteps lead me to the crossroads outside the Bank of England , at ...

‘Please help the Hackney Mosaic Project retain a work space in Hackney Downs. We have been there for over twelve years and ...

The great majority of my stories were written beneath this quilt that I made a few years ago and which has special meaning ...

Yesterday, I cycled over Tower Bridge to join the happy throng at Surrey Docks Farm in Rotherhithe where Tessa Hunkin’s ...

19 11.28.13 Joseph Markovitch, I’ve Lived In East London For Eighty-Six & A Half Years ...

Brick Lane takes its name from the brick works that once filled Spitalfields and I always wondered how it was in those former times. So you can imagine my delight to visit Bulmer Brick & Tile Company ...