Jan 6, 2025 · I thought long and hard about what to do with my parents’ ashes. My dad died four years ago and my mum last year. In 2015, my parents moved into a little bungalow opposite …

Jan 11, 2025 · I am sorry to report the death of David Power on 15th December at the age of ninety. David Power 1934-2024. David Power lived in a comfortable Peabody flat round the …

Nov 3, 2016 · There are more than 5,000 stories by The Gentle Author with 43,000 pictures to be found in the categories and archives on this site

Jan 19, 2025 · Contributing Photographer Rachel Ferriman & I were granted the privilege of a visit to the Mansion House designed by George Dance the Elder (1739) in the City of London. I use …

Oct 16, 2024 · Now one of those little houses on Buxton Street would suit me just fine! Although I grew up in Chelsea and not the East End, our childhood playgrounds back in the 1950s were …

3 days ago · First Snowdrops in Wapping. Even now, in the depths of Winter, there is plant life stirring. As I travelled around the East End over the past week in the wet and cold, I kept my …

Jan 18, 2025 · Yes, you should definitely have a regular pub like this. Mine is called ULENSPIEGEL and I’ve been a guest there for 25 years. In the better days, I only had to …

Dec 29, 2024 · Francis in the role of Newsvendor. Favourite clothing company, OLD TOWN, run by Marie Willey and Will Brown is closing after twenty-two years of supplying clothes by mail …

Aug 23, 2024 · Secondly, there is a new planning battle looming that is set to dominate the next year in Spitalfields. I am sure you will recall the fight four years ago when the Truman Brewery …

Sep 27, 2024 · CLICK HERE TO BOOK. Thirty years ago, eighteen wooden plates and bowls were recovered from a silted-up well in Spitalfields. One of the largest discoveries of medieval …