Showing posts with label Spitalfields. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spitalfields. Show all posts
12 December 2012

Mark Gertler's Merry-Go-Round in Spitalfields: London #50

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This roundel, or coal hole cover, is in front of Mark Gertler's former house at 32 Elder Street, Spitalfields, and is one of 25 diffe...
28 August 2012

Features of Two Spitalfields Pubs: London #10

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This painting in Spitalfields, by Ian Harper, is inside The Ten Bells on the corner of Commercial Street and Fournier Street. It depicts the...
27 August 2012

Expanded Eye Street Art, Spitalfields: London #9

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'during times of UNIVERSAL DECEIT, telling the TRUTH becomes a REVOLUTIONARY act FREE bradley manning' I noticed this in Han...
20 May 2012

Save the Crane

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A few weeks ago I made a post about street art in East London, which included this magnificent painting of a crane by Roa in Hanbury Street,...
10 May 2012

Rodinsky's Room and 19 Princelet Street, Spitalfields, London

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19 Princelet Street was built in 1714 and was the home of the French Huguenot Ogier family, who developed a very successful silk weaving co...
8 May 2012

Mark Gertler in Spitalfields, London

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32 Elder Street, Spitalfields. 'MARK GERTLER 1891–1939 Painter lived here' Gertler inspired several writers to i...

Dennis Severs' House, Spitalfields, London

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Dennis Severs' (pronounced 'Seevers'') house at 18 Folgate Street – built about 1724 – may not look particularly unusual fro...
1 May 2012

John Taylor, Water Poet, Spitalfields, London

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The pub The Water Poet is at the corner of Folgate Street and Blossom Street, Spitalfields, and was formerly called The Old Pewter Platte...
27 April 2012

Street Art, East London

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This superb crane in Hanbury Street, Spitalfields, was drawn by the Belgian artist Roa, who is noted for his animal subjects. The Gentle ...
22 April 2012

Alternative Fashion Week, Spitalfields Market, Tower Hamlets, London

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Returning from Hackney Central in a downpour, I took shelter in Spitalfields Market, where I was surprised to find a fashion parade: I quick...
1 April 2012

The Gentle Author: Spitalfields Life: In the Midst of Life I Woke to Find Myself Living in an Old House beside Brick Lane in the East End of London (2012)

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In a blog post below I briefly mentioned the recent publication of The Gentle Author's book Spitalfields Life , but I've now had tim...
28 March 2012

The Gentle Author

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Googling around – partly in preparation for a short stay in London next month, partly as a spinoff to delving into Iain Sinclair's East ...