We have now raised nearly £26,000 to RELAUNCH SPITALFIELDS LIFE BOOKS and we have 2 DAYS LEFT. We can reach our target of £35,000 if 9 readers step forward to support us as… Read More
We may not have quite hit our target, but we have raised an astonishing £31,703 to relaunch Spitalfields Life Books. Meanwhile, our crowdfund page will remain open until we reach… Read More
We have raised nearly £23,000 to RELAUNCH SPITALFIELDS LIFE BOOKS and now we have 4 DAYS LEFT! With your help, I am hoping we can reach the target of £35,000 by next Saturda… Read More
In the final week of our crowdfund to relaunch Spitalfields Life Books, let me introduce the authors of the three books speaking in their own words.
THANKYOU to the 164 people who have… Read More
CLICK HERE TO VISIT OUR CROWDFUND PAGE & CONTRIBUTE
.
After two weeks, we have now reached the midway point of our month’s crowdfund campaign and I am grateful to the 84 people wh… Read More
.
Starting in 2013, Spitalfields Life Books published 15 books over 6 years until the pandemic shut us down. Now we are ready to begin again and we are inspired by a string of new titles th… Read More
.
Starting in 2013, Spitalfields Life Books published 15 books over 6 years until the pandemic shut us down. Now we are ready to begin again and we are inspired by a string of new titles th… Read More
.
.
Starting in 2013 with The Gentle Author’s London Album, Spitalfields Life Books published 15 books over 6 years until the pandemic shut us down. Now we are ready to begin aga… Read More
Click here to book for my tours through July, August and September
.
.
As London’s oldest market prepares to move out of the City, Photographer Orlando Gili has been down at Smithfiel… Read More
Click here to book THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS for June & July
One of my favourite gardens in London is at Fulham Palace. So it was a great delight to cycle over from Spitalfields t… Read More
MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Science and Technology - Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) released today, June 25, the list of qualifiers in the 2023 DOST Scholarship pro… Read More
.
Click here to book your tour tickets for next Saturday and beyond
.
Leonard Maloney
Please support Leonard Maloney and his staff at JC Motors. Working from a railway arch in Haggerston… Read More
John Rogers (Trades, Portfolio), leader of Ariel Investments, disclosed his firm’s first-quarter portfolio in May.
The guru’s Chicago-based firm invests in undervalued small an… Read More
.
.
Stan’s photograph of his Coronation decorations in 1953 that was published in The Times
Stan’s photograph of his Diamond Jubilee decorations in 2012
Such has been the move… Read More
CLICK HERE TO JOIN ME FOR A WALK AROUND SPITALFIELDS THIS SPRING
NEW FOR 2023: CLICK HERE TO JOIN ME FOR A TOUR OF THE CITY OF LONDON
.
Plantswoman Margaret Willes sent me this brief horticu… Read More
Today it is my pleasure to show these photographs by Thierry Girard from 1976
“More than simply pictures from my early years as a photographer, these are the starting point of my… Read More
.
Through these last winter months, Spitalfields artist Robson Cezar has been collecting wooden fruit crates in Whitechapel Market on the way to his studio in Bow again, and making them int… Read More
Click here to book tickets for my Spitalfields Tour at Easter and through summer
.
Click here to book for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF THE CITY OF LONDON on Easter Monday
.
Moha… Read More
It is my pleasure to co-publish this piece by Julia Harrison, author of the fascinating literary blog THE SILVER LOCKET. I am proud that Julia is a graduate of my blog-writing course.
T… Read More
Welcome to the best resource online for middle names for Bristol
When selecting a middle name for Bristol, you can choose between hard and soft sounds.
Bristol is a soft-sounding name that… Read More
Click here to book for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS throughout November and beyond
Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours – ideal present… Read More
Enjoy an atmospheric autumn walk through Spitalfields
.
Click here to book for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS
.
“They were once living, breathing people – they a… Read More
Next tickets available for my walking tour are on Sunday 21st August
Click here to book for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS
.
When Tower Hamlets Community Housing staged a Hop… Read More
Scottish producers Will definitely Anderson as well as Ainslie Henderson secured the Powell And also Pressburger Honor for ideal movie, the brand new major competitors honor at the Edinbur… Read More
Click here to book THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS for June & July
Mavis at Dennis Severs’ House
The Spitalfields Trust hosted a ninetieth birthday party for Mavis Bullwinkle in t… Read More
Bookings for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS are now open for June & July
The recipe is old but the cakes are fresh
This is Harry Thomas, baker at Townhouse, who makes all the cakes for… Read More
.
This fellow – so at home he is almost merging with the shopfront behind him – is Laurie Allen standing on a street corner in Petticoat Lane, assuming a characteristically nonc… Read More
Photograph by Sarah Ainslie
.
We are seeking to overturn Tower Hamlets’ Council’s appalling decision to approve the Truman Brewery’s application to build a shopping mall w… Read More
This is Ed Gray sitting in his studio in Mile End, beside the canal and next to the Ragged School Museum. I found him in a large empty room with windows overlooking Mile End stadium a… Read More
Book now for The Spitalfields Trust’s upcoming free web events
The Threat to Brick Lane, Heartland of British Bangladeshi Culture
Dan Cruickshank’s History of the Truman Brewery… Read More
As the 3rd episode begins, we are taken to Oxford, England where Domenico Michele (Gregg Chillin) enters a crime scene. He is told that they’ll be there to pick up the body any minute… Read More
One of my favourite gardens in London is that at Fulham Palace. So it was a great delight last week to cycle over from Spitalfields to meet the horticultural genius behind this wondrous cre… Read More