It has become a tradition to publish this story at Christmas each year.

Threw forth a cheerful light. Within the fire’s light. A most enchanting sight. But he is almost starved, poor bird! Within these walls to try. Some hand should bread crumbs strew. Should all be spent ...

Carnivorous readers will be delighting to learn that – despite the announcement of closure – the traditional Smithfield Christmas Eve meat auction runs this year hosted by G Lawrence & Co on Grand ...

Rodney Archer gives his rendition of ‘Santa Claus is Coming to Town’… ...

If you fancy a bracing walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day.

If you fancy a walk as a respite from the forthcoming festivities, tickets are available for THE GENTLE AUTHOR’S TOUR OF SPITALFIELDS on New Year’s Day.

Author of the SYMBOLS & SECRETS blog, and alumnus of my writing course, John Gillman introduces his personal pocket-sized City of London guidebook Courage, Crime & Charity in the City of London. My ...

When David Hoffman was a young photographer, he came to live in a squat in Fieldgate Mansions in Whitechapel and it changed his life. Over the following years, he documented homelessness, racism and ...

The proposed new towers above the station, even swathed in a boa of fashionable greensward, are still there.

Gift Vouchers for The Gentle Author’s tours make ideal gifts for family and friends. Supply the name and postal address of the recipient of the gift voucher when you make your order and The Gentle ...

As we brace ourselves for the forthcoming festive season, let us contemplate George Cruikshank‘s illustrations of yuletide in London 1838-53 from his Comic Almanack which remind us how much has ...

Ron’s Gents Hairdressers, Three Colts Lane, Bethnal Green, is still there but has changed from ‘Hairdresser’ to ‘Barber.’ June’s Ladies Hair Stylist. STE was the code for Stepney Green, letters were ...