Thirty years ago, eighteen wooden plates and bowls were recovered from a silted-up well in Spitalfields. One of the largest discoveries of medieval wooden vessels ever made in this country, they are ...

Disqualified from military service, Harry worked in the parks department and, possessing a strong sense of justice, he fought for the rights of fellow workers through many years as a union ...

As September draws to a close and autumn closes in, I get the urge to go to ground, hiding myself away in some remote cabin and not straying from the fireside until spring shows again. With this in ...

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

‘When I first came to London in the nineties as an Erasmus student, Spitafields immediately became a favourite place to explore. For a young Parisian, there was magic in its dense urban fabric. Brick ...

Cover price is £35 but if you order now you can buy it for £30 and you will receive a signed copy on publication in October. William Palin, who is responsible for supervising the conservation of the ...

Cover price is £35 but if you order now you can buy it for £30 and you will receive a signed copy on publication in October. At the top of Brick Lane, there was once a nest of densely populated ...

Cover price is £35 but if you order now you can buy it for £30 and you will receive a signed copy on publication in October. At the top of Brick Lane, there was once a nest of densely populated ...