Discover more than 600 of the Gentle Author's favourite pictures of London appearing in print for the first time, setting the wonders of our modern metropolis against the pictorial delights of the ancient city, and celebrating the infinite variety of life in the capital - with a special emphasis upon the East End. Among the multiplicity of visual pleasures to be savoured, enjoy the ostentatious trade cards of Georgian London, the breathtaking lantern slides of Victorian London, the bizarre car crashes of Clerkenwell, the heroic Spitalfields nippers, the soulful dogs of old London, Barn the Spoon, the spoon carver, and Aaron Biber, London's oldest barber. Take a walk through time with the Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life as your guide - be equally amazed at what has been lost of old London and charmed by the unfamiliar marvels of London today.

The Gentle Author's London Album

Arts & Photography

The Gentle Author

Photography & Video

Spitalfields Life

For anyone with a serious interest in print, design, publishing and typography, BADDELEY BROTHERS tells the dramatic story spanning four centuries of how the Baddeley family created one of today's foremost specialist printers.This book is embellished with fine tipped-in samples illustrating the range of BADDELEY BROTHERS' bravura print techniques, an anatomy of envelope design, a glossary of printing terminology, drawings by Lucinda Rogers and a foldout map by Adam Dant.

Baddeley Brothers: Specialist Printers & Envelope Makers

Other Media

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The Gentle Author assembles a choice selection of CRIES OF LONDON, telling the stories of the artists and celebrated traders, and revealing the unexpected social realities contained within these cheap colourful prints produced for the mass market.For centuries, these lively images of familiar hawkers and pedlars have been treasured by Londoners. In the capital, those who had no other means of income could always sell wares in the street and, by turning their presence into performance through song, they won the hearts of generations and came to embody the spirit of London itself.

The Gentle Author's Cries of London

History & Criticism

The Gentle Author of Spitalfields Life presents a magnificent selection of pictures - many never published before - revealing the evolution of painting in the East End of London and tracing the changing character of the streets through the twentieth century.

East End Vernacular

Anyone that has a cat will recognise the truth of this tender account by The Gentle Author. "I was always disparaging of those who doted over their pets, as if this apparent sentimentality were an indicator of some character flaw. That changed when I bought a cat, just a couple of weeks after the death of my father. " Filled with sentiment yet never sentimental, THE LIFE & TIMES OF MR PUSSY is a literary hymn to the intimate relationship between humans and animals.

Life & Times Of Mr Pussy

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Acc Art Books

Creeping Plague Of Ghastly Facadism

"In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London." "I am going to write every single day and tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London." Drawing comparisons with Pepys, Mayhew, and Dickens, the gentle author of Spitalfields Life blog has gained an extraordinary following in recent years, by writing hundreds of pen portraits of a diverse array of people who live and work in the East End of London. Everything you seek in London can be found here—street life, street art, markets, diverse food, immigrant culture, ancient houses and history, pageants and parades, rituals and customs, traditional trades, and old family businesses. Spend a night in the bakery at St John's; ride the rounds with the Spitalfields milkman; drop in for a pint at the Golden Heart pub; and meet the jewel thief who crossed the Kray Brothers, the mudlark who discovers treasure on the banks of the river Thames, the window cleaner who sees ghosts, or the master bell-founder whose business was first started in 1570. Join the bunny girls at their annual reunion party; meet the wax sellers of Wentworth Street; and pay a visit to Holmes and Watson, the Spitalfields City Farm pigs. Truly all human life is here.

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

History

Historical Study & Educational Resources

Hodder&Stoughton

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