When I visited Phillip Lucas in his 1725 house in Spitalfields that he has been renovating for more than a decade, we sat on two threadbare wing chairs, conversing over a sea of objects and piles of ...

Click here to book Mark Richards explores the photography of Kurt Hutton Men drinking in The Prospect of Whitby, 1942 1934 was a defining year for British photography. Hitler’s restrictions on press ...

(The concoction of the herb is good to wash the mouth, and also against the quinsy and the king’s evil) Taking the opportunity to view the plaque upon the hairdresser at the corner of Puma Court and ...

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 delighted to announce The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel commissioned by the Whitechapel Gallery as part of the Gallery’s Backyard Biennial. Join me for a two-hour walking tour of ...

I am delighted to announce The Gentle Author’s Tour of Whitechapel commissioned by the Whitechapel Gallery as part of the Gallery’s Backyard Biennial. My new tour is launched with two free tours on ...

On the semiquincentennial, as we contemplate the disturbing irony of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in which the American colonies set out to rid themselves of the tyranny of monarchs, ...