Even Mile End Place, where I lived in my grandfather’s house, was designated for demolition in 1968 to become a car park for Queen Mary College. Fortunately, the council did not have enough money to ...

It has been an exceptionally good year for fruit and there are some lovely ripe Bramleys on sale now. Thus the time for apple pie has arrived again so I take this opportunity to present The Tragical ...

One of these streets’ most-esteemed long-term residents summoned me to view an artefact that few have seen, the fabled Spitalfields Bowl. Engraved by Nicholas Anderson, a pupil of Laurence Whistler, ...

Perhaps everyone has a favourite piece of clothing they have worn for years? I always admired Suresh Singh’s jazzy tank top and I was astonished when he told me he has been wearing it for half a ...

Today it is my pleasure to publish the story of Martin White, who has heroically continued running Crescent Trading, Spitalfields’ last cloth warehouse, after the death of his business partner Philip ...

Please drop an email to [email protected] to attend the launch It is my pleasure to publish these pictures from Photographer Philip Cunningham‘s astonishing archive of images from the ...

It was astonishing moment back in July when Tower Hamlets Council voted unanimously to reject the Truman Brewery’s planning application to build a corporate office plaza across the entire site. This ...