I wanted to learn all that I could about my cousin Colonel Edward Marcus Despard (1751-1803), an Irishman of Huguenot descent ...

“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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

I am proud to publish these excerpts from CHERRY’S CACHE by Cherry Gilchrist, a graduate of my writing course. Cherry set out to research and bring alive the lives of her forebears and her account of ...