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The Lantern Slides Of Old London
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Years ago, I became enraptured by a hundred-year-old collection of four thousand lantern slides. They were once used for educational lectures by the...
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Hairdressers Of The Eighties
I am delighted to publish these photos from A London Inheritance – written by a graduate of my blog course. A few places are available for my course HOW TO WRITE A BLOG THAT PEOPLE WILL WANT TO READ on...
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A Whitechapel Childhood
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours The poet Andy Stroman sent me these reminiscences of his childhood in Whitechapel in the nineteen-fifties Andy Stroman aged four on the doorstep in...
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My Cousin, Ned Despard – Hero Or Traitor?
I am proud to publish these excerpts from CHERRY’S CACHE by Cherry Gilchrist, a graduate of my writing course. Cherry set out to research and bring alive the lives of her forebears and her account of...
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Max Levitas, Veteran Of The Battle Of Cable St
Click here to book for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOURS . Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St today Max Levitas (1915-2018) by Phil Maxwell Max Levitas became an East End...
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Beattie Orwell, Veteran Of The Battle Of Cable St
Last City of London tour of the season tomorrow. Click here to book Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St Portrait of Beattie Orwell by Phil Maxwell It was my delight to...
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Solidarity On The Streets
Police disperse anti-fascist protestors at the Battle of Cable St, 4th October 1936 Commemorating the ninetieth anniversary of the Battle of Cable St, Solidarity on the Streets an exhibition...
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Richard Jefferies In The City Of London
Click here to book for my tours Often when I set out for a walk from Spitalfields, my footsteps lead me to the crossroads outside the Bank of England , at the place where Richard Jefferies – a writer...
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Charles Chusseau-Flaviens’ Petticoat Lane
Click here to book for my tours . Petticoat Lane Photographer Charles Chusseau-Flaviens came to London from Paris and took these pictures, reproduced courtesy of George Eastman House, before the First...
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The Doors Of Old London
Click here to book The door to Parliament Look at all the doors where the dead people walked in and out. These are the doors of old London. Some are inviting you in and some are shutting you out....
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Sarsparilla & Mineral Water Sellers
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours of Spitalfields, Whitechapel & The City By coincidence, two readers – Christine Osborne & Janice Oliver – both sent me photographs of their...
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John Thomas Smith’s Rural Cottages
CLICK HERE TO BOOK Near Battlebridge, Middlesex As the equinox approaches and autumn closes in, I get the urge to go to ground, hiding myself away in some remote cabin and not straying from the...
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Tom Fellows, London’s Oldest Cabbie
Click to book Here is Tom Fellows at eighty-six years old, squinting into the light with a half-smile that betrays a circumspect nature honed by a lifetime driving a cab around London. Tom has seen...
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In Search Of Roman London
Click here to book for The Gentle Author’s Tours Roman London is still under construction From Spitalfields, you have only to walk down Bishopsgate to find yourself in Londinium, since the line of...
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On Top Of Britannic House With Lew Tassell
Click here to book Detective Constable Tassell of the City of London Police Serious Fraud Squad magically escorts us forty-three years back in time and onto the roof of Britannic House in Ropemaker...
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Thomas Rowlandson’s Cries Of London
Only two more Whitechapel tours remaining on Sunday 20th September and Sunday 18th October. Tours include tea and freshly baked apple strudel at the Whitechapel Gallery. Click here to book I was...
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Twenty-five years ago this morning, I woke in an apartment in New York City. It was around eight-thirty when my friend called from outside the bank in Midtown, where he had gone to deposit cheques. He...
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At The Shops With Tony Hall
Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields this Saturday 12th September. Click here to book In the sixties and seventies when these pictures were taken, every street corner in...
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The East End In The Afternoon
Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields this Saturday 12th September. Click here to book There is little traffic on the road, children are at play, housewives linger in...
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David Mason, Wilton’s Music Hall
Tickets available for The Gentle Author’s Tour of Spitalfields next Saturday 12th September. Click here to book When I arrived to meet David Mason in the bar at Wilton’s Music Hall, the only person...
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