I am going to write every single day & tell you about my life here in Spitalfields at the heart of London..." Drawing comparisons with Pepys Mayhew & Dickens the gentle author of Spitalfields Life has gained an extraordinary following in recent years by writing hundreds of lively pen portraits of the infinite variety of people who live & 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 & history pageants & parades rituals & customs traditional trades & old family businesses. Spend a night in the bakery at St John ride the rounds with the Spitalfields milkman drop in to the Golden Heart for a pint meet a fourth-generation paper bag seller a mudlark who discovers treasure in the river Thames a window cleaner who sees ghosts & a master bell-founder whose business started in 1570. Join the bunny girls for their annual reunion visit the wax sellers of Wentworth Street & discover the site of Shakespeares first theatre. All of human life is here in Spitalfields Life."