Spitalfields Life

Only two more Whitechapel tours remaining on Sunday 20th September and Sunday 18th October.

Twenty-five years ago this morning, I woke in an apartment in New York City.

Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields this Saturday 12th September.

Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields this Saturday 12th September.

Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields this Saturday 12th September.

Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields next Saturday 12th September.

As we look ahead to the winter months I am delighted to announce a new date for my course, offering the opportunity to come to Spitalfields and spend a convivial weekend in an eighteenth century weaver’s house in Fournier St, eat cakes freshly baked to hi…

Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Despite the drought, it has been a good year for apples and there are some lovely ripe Bramleys on sale now.

In 1971, Photographer David Hoffman moved into a squat in Fieldgate Mansions in Whitechapel and found himself at the centre of a lively and vibrant community.

Tickets are available for my tour of Whitechapel this Sunday and for Spitalfields on Saturday 12th September.

Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Today I publish a selection from Peta Bridle’s exhibition London Day by Day which opens tomorrow, September 3rd, at Southwark Cathedral and runs until 14th October.