Tessa Hunkin It was fairly hideous because we did not know what we were doing. We did doorsteps for shops and so many toilets and bathrooms, miles of Roman borders, rope borders and rolling waves that ...

This is William Conway of Crab Tree Row, Bethnal Green, who walked twenty-five miles every day, calling, “Hard metal spoons to sell or change.” Born in 1752 in Worship St, Spitalfields, he is pictured ...

The ceremony of the Widow’s Sixpence in the nineteen twenties. A crowd gathers for the ceremony a hundred years ago. Hungry widows line up for buns. The churchyard in the nineteenth century. Rev ...

“A beautiful book about Hackney Mosaic Project will be the best reward for all the people who have worked on the mosaics, bringing their achievement to a wider public and giving them the recognition ...

With a few bluebells in flower in my garden in Spitalfields, I was inspired make a visit to Bow Cemetery and view the display of bluebells sprouting under the tall forest canopy that has grown over ...

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

Thanks to readers’ contributions we have already raised over £2,800 since we launched our crowdfund on Saturday. Below you can read about the very first Hackney Mosaic Project mosaic created in 2012.

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