Bloomsbury Jamboree 2023
. 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...
View ArticleBloomsbury Jamboree Readings & Talks
. You are invited to our annual BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE which runs from 11am-5pm on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd December at Art Workers’ Guild, 6 Queen Sq, WC1N 3AT. We are showing the work of twenty of...
View ArticleNo Longer The Last Derelict House
. I am reading my short story ON CHRISTMAS DAY next Saturday 2nd December at 11am as part of the BLOOMSBURY JAMBOREE at the Art Workers’ Guild in Queens Square, WC1N 3AT. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS CLICK...
View ArticleAt The Boar’s Head Parade
Click here order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s ON CHRISTMAS DAY for £10 . One cold day many years ago, photographer Colin O’Brien & I were greeted by the Beadle of The Worshipful Company of...
View ArticleAt Two Temple Place
Click here order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s ON CHRISTMAS DAY for £10 . If you were to take a turning off the Strand, walk down Essex St, then descend Milford Stairs to Milford Lane, emerging...
View ArticleGeorge Cruikshank’s Christmas In London
Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours in 2024 Click here order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s ON CHRISTMAS DAY for £10 . As we brace ourselves for the forthcoming festive...
View ArticleAt The Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club
Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours in 2024 Click here order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s ON CHRISTMAS DAY for £10 . Dominic Patmore, Powerlifter In Turin St, there is...
View ArticleRobson Cezar’s Solar-Powered Houses From Whitechapel Market
. Over recent years, we have featured the evolution of Spitalfields artist Robson Cezar‘s wooden houses made from boxes collected for him by the stallholders at Whitechapel Market. This year, Robson...
View ArticleIn Old Stepney
Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours in 2024 Click here order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s ON CHRISTMAS DAY for £10 . Albert Gardens In spite of the bombing, the slum...
View ArticleBooks For Christmas
If you are seeking Christmas presents for family and friends, you need look no further because Spitalfields Life books make ideal gifts which you can have personally inscribed… . CLICK HERE TO ORDER...
View ArticleMy Old Christmas Decorations
If you fancy a bracing walk as a respite from the festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day. . Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle...
View ArticleThe New Christmas Dinner Song
If you fancy a bracing walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day. . Click here to order a signed copy of...
View ArticleMy Winter Walks In the City
Many years ago, when my last relative died, for the first time in my life I had no longer any obligations at Christmas so, in recognition of this, I decided to walk all night through London on...
View ArticleChristmas With Dennis Severs
If you fancy a bracing walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day. . Click here to order a signed copy of...
View ArticleFritz Wegner’s Christmas Plates
If you fancy a walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day. . Click here to order a signed copy of The...
View ArticleAt Pellicci’s Christmas Party
If you need an excuse to escape over Christmas, why not join me for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on Boxing Day? . Click here to order a signed copy of The Gentle Author’s new book ON...
View ArticleMy Panto Years
Join me for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day . Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours – the ideal present for friends and family – and I will send a...
View ArticleViscountess Boudica’s Christmas
Join me for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day . Click here to buy GIFT VOUCHERS for The Gentle Author’s Tours – the ideal present for friends and family – and I will send a...
View ArticleThe Gates Of The City
There is still time to join THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS this afternoon at 2pm . For a while, I have been seeking a set of prints of the City gates to show you and, over the festive...
View ArticleThe Boundary Estate In Winter
Arnold Circus The Boundary Estate is one of the commonplace wonders of the East End. Hundreds live there and thousands pass through, so that over-familiarity may have rendered it invisible to some....
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