I am proud to publish these excerpts from GRAVE STORIES by a graduate of my writing course. The author, known as ‘Gravedigger ...

I decided to take advantage of the October sunshine by enjoying an excursion to Chiswick House. I have to confess that it is ...

My brothers Paul, Howard and myself occupied one bedroom at 17 Milward St, Whitechapel, behind the London Hospital. We had ...

Ron’s Gents Hairdressers, Three Colts Lane, Bethnal Green, is still there but has changed from ‘Hairdresser’ to ‘Barber.’ ...

Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St. Portrait of Beattie Orwell by Phil Maxwell.

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

Consequently, I was fascinated to visit the Drapers’ Hall and explore the chambers of the ancient livery company arranged ...

I wanted to learn all that I could about my cousin Colonel Edward Marcus Despard (1751-1803), an Irishman of Huguenot descent ...

“My father, Lawrence Minter, took over this brick works in 1936 when he was thirty-five. It had been here for hundreds of years, with the earliest evidence dating from 1450, and it was a typical local ...

Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St today. Max Levitas (1915-2018) by Phil Maxwell. Max Levitas ...

I am proud to publish these excerpts from GRAVE STORIES by a graduate of my writing course. The author, known as ‘Gravedigger’ invites you to visit the graveyard with the promise that ‘all of human ...

Readers may recall that I visited Brunswick House in Vauxhall to interview Adrian Amos, the founder of London Architectural Salvage & Supply Company (LASSCO), earlier this year. It was my pleasure to ...