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5 days ago · PETER PARKER, SOME MEN IN LONDON – QUEER LIFE 1945 – 1967 (Winner of The Times History Book of the Year) Author and biographer Peter Parker will be discussing his new, highly acclaimed two-part anthology which uncovers the rich reality of life for queer men in London, from the end of the Second World War to decriminalisation in 1967.
A Night At Billingsgate Market | Spitalfields Life
11 hours ago · Up to 600 homeless sleep people on the floor at the Crisis at Christmas shelter in Whitechapel, 1978. I am giving my last lecture about the astonishing East End photography of David Hoffman this Sunday 8th December at 2:45pm as the finale of the Bloomsbury Jamboree at the Art Workers’ Guild. In ...
The Last Porters Of Billingsgate Market | Spitalfields Life
1 day ago · I am giving my last lecture about the astonishing East End photography of David Hoffman this Sunday 8th December at 2:45pm as the finale of the Bloomsbury Jamboree at the Art Workers’ Guild. The fish porters of Billingsgate Market were abolished a decade ago and now the market itself is to be ...
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house ...
6 days ago · Clare Market c.1900. I never knew there was a picture of the legendary and long-vanished Clare Market – where Joseph Grimaldi was born – until I came upon this old glass slide among many thousands in the collection of the London & Middlesex Archaeological Society, housed at the Bishopsgate Institute.Scrutinising this picture, the market does not feel remote at all, as if I could take a ...
Bloomsbury Jamboree Lectures | Spitalfields Life
3 days ago · You are invited to our annual BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE which runs from 10:30am-4:30pm next weekend, Saturday 7th & Sunday 8th December at Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Sq, WC1N 3AT. We are showing the work of our favourite makers and are proud to present these accompanying lectures. Tickets are £10 which includes entry to the Jamboree.
Bloomsbury Jamboree 2024 | Spitalfields Life
4 days ago · In gleeful collaboration with Tim Mainstone of Mainstone Press and Joe Pearson of Design for Today, I am hosting our annual BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE, a festival of books and print, illustration, talks and seasonal merriment next SATURDAY 7th & SUNDAY 8th DECEMBER from 10:30am until 4:30pm.. It takes place at the magnificent ART WORKERS GUILD, 6 Queens Sq, WC1, which was founded in 1884 by members ...
My Promise | Spitalfields Life
Oct 25, 2009 · Over the coming days, weeks, months and years, I am going to write every day and tell you about life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London.How can I ever describe the exuberant richness and multiplicity of culture in this place to you? This is …
Fifteenth Annual Report - Spitalfields Life
Aug 23, 2024 · Secondly, there is a new planning battle looming that is set to dominate the next year in Spitalfields. I am sure you will recall the fight four years ago when the Truman Brewery applied for permission to build a hideous shopping mall with a block of corporate offices on top.
Human Life - Spitalfields
Nov 3, 2016 · There are more than 5,000 stories by The Gentle Author with 43,000 pictures to be found in the categories and archives on this site
The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Spitalfields
Sep 4, 2021 · Map of the Gentle Author’s Tour drawn by Adam Dant. I invite you to join me in an experiment. Over the years, many readers have asked me if I would host walking tours, telling the stories of people I have written about.