On the semiquincentennial, as we contemplate the disturbing irony of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in which the American colonies set out to rid themselves of the tyranny of monarchs, ...

On the semiquincentennial, as we contemplate the disturbing irony of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in which the American colonies set out to rid themselves of the tyranny of monarchs, ...

Click here to book for the Gentle Author’s Tours After he photographed the end of the trams in 1952 at the age of twelve, photographer Colin O’Brien became fascinated by recording the ‘last days’ of ...

Contributing Photographer Sarah Ainslie & I were delighted to shelter under a tree and share a cuppa with Head Gardener Laura Buckley at the Cranbrook Community Food Garden in Bethnal Green during a ...

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

Next tickets available 18th July for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields Clare Market c.1900 I never knew there was a picture of the legendary and long-vanished Clare Market – where Joseph ...

Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Mark Richards explores the controversial work of photographer Edith Tudor-Hart and her secret life as a Soviet agent in London during the Cold War ...

Proving that he puts his money where his mouth is, thirteen years ago Mark came along to buy a tray for his wife’s birthday, discovered that the business was going into liquidation and agreed to take ...

Remembering my old cat Mr Pussy who died in 2017. The sagacious Mr Pussy. There is an exceptional hush upon the East End, with with the heat and the football conspiring to empty t ...