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

Leadenhall Market at 11:50pm on Christmas Eve. At the Bank at Midnight. In Southwark Cathedral, 1:00am Christmas Morning. Leaving Southwark Cathedral. The London Stone in Cannon St.

Vegetarians look away now, but carnivorous readers will be delighting to learn that the traditional Smithfield Christmas Eve meat auction takes place again this year, hosted by G Lawrence & Co on ...

We want everyone who loves the East End to have a copy of David Hoffman’s wonderful photography book ENDURANCE & JOY IN THE EAST END 1971 – 1987, so we have reduced the price from £35 to £2o until ...

Remembering writer and historian Gillian Tindall who died on 1st October, I am publishing her account of the origins of Whitechapel. Altab Ali ...

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE I WAKE in the dark city of my dreaming. It is the bellman that wakes me before dawn, crying wearily ‘Past three o’clock and a cold frosty morning,’ before he stumbles away with ...

Butchers, Hoxton St c.1910 Are you short of cash and weary of Christmas shopping? Why not consider visiting the shops of old London instead? There are no supermarkets or malls but plenty of other ...

These are the last remaining solar-powered houses made out of boxes from Whitechapel Market by Spitalfields artist Robson Cezar. If you would like one of these for £45, drop me a line to ...