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WEB4 days ago · Benjamin Pollock’s Toy Shop at 73 Hoxton Market was destroyed by bombing in 1944 but this autumn its magical interior is reimagined at Dennis Severs’ House from 4th October until 10th November. Designed in collaboration with Pollock’s Toy Museum, the garden room of 18 Folgate Street will be transformed by a joyous cast of 19th-century toy-theatre characters and backgrounds alongside a ...
Rose At The Golden Heart - Spitalfields Life
WEB2 days ago · CLICK HERE TO BOOK. Rose. When Sandra Esqulant, celebrated landlady of The Golden Heart in Commercial St, saw this photo taken by Phil Maxwell of Rose sitting in her barroom more than twenty years ago she told me the story of an unforgettable character who became one of her most loved regulars. “I loved Rose.
The Return Of Benjamin Pollock | Spitalfields Life
WEB5 days ago · Benjamin Pollock’s Toy Shop at 73 Hoxton Market was destroyed by bombing in 1944 but this autumn its magical interior is reimagined at Dennis Severs’ House from 4th October until 10th November. Designed in collaboration with Pollock’s Toy Museum, the garden room of 18 Folgate Street will be transformed by a joyous cast of 19th-century toy-theatre characters and backgrounds alongside a ...
In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house ...
WEB3 days ago · The Execution of Lady Jane Grey at Tower Green “It has been for years, the cherished wish of the writer of these pages to make the Tower of London the groundwork of a Romance,” wrote William Harrison Ainsworth in 1840, introducing his novel, “The Tower of London” – and it is an impulse that I recognise, because I know of no other place in London where the lingering sense of myth and ...
An Invitation From The Gentle Author | Spitalfields Life
WEB6 days ago · An Invitation From The Gentle Author. September 28, 2024. by the gentle author. .
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.
At 37 Spital Square - Spitalfields Life
WEBSep 2, 2023 · This magnificent tottering pile is the last surviving Georgian mansion of the entire square once lined with such dwellings, which traced the outline of the former Priory of St Mary Spital that was established in 1187. Indeed, pieces of Medieval stonework from the old Priory buildings are still visible, tucked into the foundations of 37 Spital Sq.
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 …
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 ...