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WEB5 days ago · 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 wooden vessels ever made in this country, they are believed to be dishes belonging to the inmates of the long-gone Hospital of …
An Invitation From The Gentle Author | Spitalfields Life
WEB2 days ago · An Invitation From The Gentle Author. September 28, 2024. by the gentle author. .
John Thomas Smith’s Rural Cottages | Spitalfields Life
WEB5 days ago · With this in mind, John Thomas Smith’s twenty etchings of extravagantly rustic cottages published as Remarks On Rural Scenery Of Various Features & Specific Beauties In Cottage Scenery in 1797 suit my hibernatory fantasy ideally. Born in the back of a Hackney carriage in 1766, Smith grew into an artist …
Harry T Harmer, Artist | Spitalfields Life
WEB4 days ago · St Botolph’s Without Aldgate, 1963. The facts of the life of Harry T. Harmer (1927-2013) are scarce yet his distinctive paintings speak eloquently of his personal vision. Born in Kennington, Harry was afflicted with epilepsy and married his wife Ruby when they were both in their adolescence. Ruby offered Harry emotional support in the face of ...
Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-1987 | Spitalfields Life
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971-1987. In spring 2019, David Hoffman asked me to publish his book and now, after more than five years of hard work, we are very proud of it and it is available for you to buy. This is a beautiful cloth-bound hardback of 240 pages containing over 200 duotone photographic prints on good quality paper, to be ...
Human Life - Spitalfields
WEBNov 3, 2016 · 66.12.23 Pedro da Costa Felgueiras, Lacquer & Paint Specialist (Japanner) 76.11.23 Pamela Cilia, Bottling Girl. 76.10.23 The Return Of David Prescott. 56.9.23 William Kent’s Arch In Bow. 56.2.23 Mike Henbrey, Collector. 36.1.23 The Spitalfields Roman Woman. 65.31.23 Dan Jones’ East End Portraits.
Lost Spitalfields | Spitalfields Life
WEBSep 24, 2021 · So look back at these elegiac photos of what was lost in Spitalfields before your time, reconcile yourself to the loss of the past and brace yourself for the future that is arriving. Spital Sq, only St Botolph’s Hall on the right survives today. Spital Sq photographed in 1909. Church Passage, Spital Sq, 1733, photographed in …
The Renewal Of Dennis Severs’ House | Spitalfields Life
WEBJul 28, 2021 · Dennis Severs’ House in Spitalfields has been closed for the past year but, behind the scenes, a small army has been working to renew the house for reopening this week. Lucinda Douglas Menzies did their portraits.. The piece of promenade theatre I have created, as a re-imagination of the tours that Dennis Severs gave in the eighties, commences this Thursday 29th July and booking is open ...
The Relics Of Old St Paul’s - Spitalfields Life
WEBMay 6, 2024 · Looking through into the whispering gallery. Sir Christopher Wren’s success at St Paul’s Cathedral is to have envisaged architecture of such absolute assurance that it is impossible to imagine it could ever have been any different than it is today. Yet Wren was once surveyor of Old St Paul’s, confronted daily with a tottering gothic pile and carrying the onerous responsibility for this ...
The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Spitalfields
WEBSep 4, 2021 · Two extra tours announced on Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd October at noon. Tickets cost £50 and include a signed copy of one of The Gentle Author’s books as a souvenir. Email [email protected] to reserve a place. Please give your first and second choice of date and specify which book of mine you …