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PenThompsonCBE @penthompsoncbe.bsky.social · 17h

spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/08/a... fascinating light shone on some of the skilled makers of the East End. Thank you , @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

At Margolis Silver | Spitalfields Life

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 13h

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 1d

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 1d

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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PenThompsonCBE @penthompsoncbe.bsky.social · 1d

spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/07/a... a glorious combo - olive oil and electricals! Fab @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

At Embassy Electrical Supplies | Spitalfields Life

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 2d

“When you had twelve boxes of kippers on your head, you knew you’d got it on,” quipped Billy, displaying his “brand new” hat, made only in the nineteen thirties.”

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The Harvest Festival Of The Sea | Spitalfields Life

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 3d

I am giving an illustrated lecture of Spitalfields & Whitechapel in Old Photographs on Thursday 16th October at 7pm at the Hanbury Hall in Hanbury St, E1 6QR. Tickets shorturl.at/I0Ywf

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The Cockney Yiddish Podcast @cockneyyiddish.bsky.social · 4d

Today is the 89th anniversary of the #BattleofCableStreet. Find out more about the Battle and East End radical politics, poetry and song in Episode 2
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2. Forverts! Politics and protest

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 4d

“On the road to the French house, Lesley performed with a python in cabaret before graduating to managing a strip club in Old Compton St in 1979, where admission cost 50p and senior customers brought sandwiches to stay all day.”

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PenThompsonCBE @penthompsoncbe.bsky.social · 5d

spitalfieldslife.com/2025/10/03/j... moving motivation to this publication - good for you @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

Journal Of a Man Unknown By Gillian Tindall | Spitalfields Life

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Jo Nightingale @musicandmuseums.bsky.social · 5d

Very sad news, I loved her book uncovering the history of little house near The Globe, The House On The Thames. Her forthcoming novel, very appropriately published by Spitalfields Life, sounds fantastic.

Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 5d

It is with a heart full of emotion that I have to announce that my good friend the historian GILLIAN TINDALL died on Wednesday aged 86. In February, Gillian asked me to publish her final work, JOURNAL OF A MAN UNKNOWN, which comes out on 6th November. spitalfieldslife.bigcartel.com

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Nick Higham @highamnews.bsky.social · 5d

Sad news. ‘The Fields Beneath’ and ‘The House by the Thames’ are two of the best books ever written about London’s history. I hadn’t realised till I looked her up how wide was her range, or that she started by writing fiction…

Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 5d

It is with a heart full of emotion that I have to announce that my good friend the historian GILLIAN TINDALL died on Wednesday aged 86. In February, Gillian asked me to publish her final work, JOURNAL OF A MAN UNKNOWN, which comes out on 6th November. spitalfieldslife.bigcartel.com

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 5d

It is with a heart full of emotion that I have to announce that my good friend the historian GILLIAN TINDALL died on Wednesday aged 86. In February, Gillian asked me to publish her final work, JOURNAL OF A MAN UNKNOWN, which comes out on 6th November. spitalfieldslife.bigcartel.com

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 7d

After 5 years work, TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC PROJECT is now published. We are including a complimentary copy of 'A Hoxton Childhood' (cover price £20) with all orders to UK addresses: spitalfieldslife.bigcartel.com

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 9d

Join me for a ramble through 2000 years of culture and history at the heart of old London followed by tea and cakes freshly baked from a recipe of 1720 served in a 300 year old house. thegentleauthorstours.com/p/booking

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Stephen Moran @sjmoran.com · 11d

"Hackney Mosaic Project" is now the most sumptuous book in my possession. And I have a few doozies. @thegentleauthor.bsky.social #ArtBook

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Jo Nightingale @musicandmuseums.bsky.social · 12d

This is rather moving: people of the past loving their dogs, via @thegentleauthor.bsky.social spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/26/l...

Libby Hall’s Dogs Of Old London | Spitalfields Life

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 12d

I like seeing so many terriers and terrier mixes represented in the photographs. This one looks so much like our own dog — Charlie/Charles/Chazza, or Bogdan (his middle name) when misbehaving — that it’s quite uncanny. Surely an ancestor.

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foldedsunset.bsky.social @foldedsunset.bsky.social · 12d

“Sometimes in London, I wake late in the night and hear a dog calling out to me on the wind, in the dark silent city of my dreaming.”

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PenThompsonCBE @penthompsoncbe.bsky.social · 13d

spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/25/t... how amazing - could it not be in safe public view? @thegentleauthor.bsky.social

The Spitalfields Bowl | Spitalfields Life

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 13d

Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social The Spitalfields Bowl spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/25/t...

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 14d

Join us at the launch of TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC BOOK this Saturday 27th September 2-5pm in the pavilion on Hackney Downs, E5. Please register to attend by emailing [email protected] as numbers are limited.

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Clay Harris 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 💉💉💉💉💉💉💉 😷 @mudlarklives.bsky.social · 14d

Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social Suresh Singh’s Tank Top spitalfieldslife.com/2025/09/24/s...

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Spitalfields Life @thegentleauthor.bsky.social · 15d

Join us at the launch of TESSA HUNKIN'S HACKNEY MOSAIC BOOK this Saturday 27th September 2-5pm in the pavilion on Hackney Downs, E5. Please register to attend by emailing [email protected] as numbers are limited.

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