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High Days & Holidays Of Old London
With another Bank Holiday imminent, it is time for us to consider high days & holidays of old London Boys lining up at The Oval, c.1930 School is out. Work is out. All of London is on the lam....
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At The Clerkenwell Sessions House
Anyone who knows Clerkenwell knows the old sessions house which dominates the western side of the green, yet few have ever been inside. Built around 1780, it is mostly remembered as the location of...
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The Map Of Thames Shipwrecks
Each Saturday, we shall be featuring one of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND from the forthcoming book of his extraordinary cartography to be published by Spitalfields Life Books & Batsford...
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The Last Derelict House In Spitalfields
This is the view of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s spire of Christ Church seen from the weaver’s loft at the top of two Wilkes St – the last derelict house in Spitalfields – which is current up for sale. Once...
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Phil Mills, Steeplekeeper At St Vedast’s
‘I was always very interested in church bells’ Walking around the City of London and admiring all the church steeples piercing the sky, you might imagine that they just stood there of their own...
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Guardians Of The Arches
Our reports about the beleaguered traders under the railway arches in London Fields have become the catalyst for the formation of Guardians of the Arches, a nationwide pressure group campaigning for...
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The London Riot Map
Each Saturday, we are featuring one of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND from the forthcoming book of his extraordinary cartography published by Spitalfields Life Books & Batsford next...
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At Stationers’ Hall
‘The Word of the Lord Endures Forever’ Next time you walk up Ludgate Hill towards St Paul’s, turn left down the narrow passage just beyond the church of St Martin Within Ludgate and you will find...
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Ahmet Kamil, Shoe Repairer
“I always trust my work” One of the most popular characters around Newington Green in recent decades has been Ahmet Kamil. His modest repair shop is firmly established as a local hub where everyone is...
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Stories Of Hackney Old & New
Each Saturday, we are featuring one of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND from the forthcoming book of his extraordinary cartography to be published by Spitalfields Life Books & Batsford on...
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The Walking Footballers Of West Ham
Contributing Writer & Criminologist Professor Dick Hobbs reports on the craze for walking football Walking football may sound like a creation of Monty Python, but with over eleven hundred clubs it...
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At Snappy Snaps In Bishopsgate
Pravin & Hansa Raval You might think that all the family businesses had gone from Bishopsgate long ago, yet – despite its nationwide ubiquity – Snappy Snaps is an independently-owned franchise,...
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Down The Roman Road
Contributing Photographer Sarah Ainslie & I took advantage of the summer weather to enjoy an excursion down the Roman Rd, the heartland of the East End’s culture of family businesses, and we met...
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At The Reform Club
Contributing Photographer Patricia Niven & I visited the Reform Club in Pall Mall one quiet morning recently before the members arrived to take the portraits of those who work to keep this august...
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Hope For The Whitechapel Bell Foundry
Commemorative wall to workers at Whitechapel Bell Foundry It was in these pages that I announced the pitiful loss of the historic Whitechapel Bell Foundry – the world’s most famous bell foundry –...
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The Map Of Rotherhithe
You are invited to join me at the launch parties celebrating publication of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND, in the West End at The Map House in Knightsbrige this Thursday 28th June and in the...
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Adam Dant’s West End Launch
Join me tonight from six tonight for the West End launch party celebrating publication of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND at The Map House in Knightsbridge and next Thursday 5th July for the...
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At Eastbury Manor
If you are seeking an afternoon’s excursion from the East End, you can do no better than visit Eastbury Manor in Barking, which is only half an hour on the District Line from Whitechapel yet...
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The Map Of Shoreditch As New York
Join me from six this Thursday 5th July for the East End launch party celebrating publication of Adam Dant’s MAPS OF LONDON & BEYOND at The Townhouse, 5 Fournier St, E1. Adam’s exhibition in...
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Paul Bommer’s Salmagundy
Contributing Artist Paul Bommer, celebrated in Spitalfields for his plaque of Huguenot tiles on the Hanbury Hall, has produced this splendid limited edition of large letterpress cards on eclectic...
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