Spitalfields Life
Blog URL http://www.SpitalfieldsLife.com
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags culture, history, personalities, food, gardening, animals, street life, street art
In the midst of life I woke and found myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London.
Latest Blog Posts
- The politics of porridge on Nov 23, 2009 in Culinary Life Past Life
Each morning when I wake here in Spitalfields, I lie for a few moments contemplating the squirrels gambolling in the yew tree outside my window before climbing from my bed to start another day. Once in the kitchen, without any conscious decision, I s...
- Columbia Road Market 13 on Nov 22, 2009 in Plant Life
The rain kept me awake during the night, so I was surprised to wake and find the pavements dried out in time for the market this morning, though that deep puddle under the railway bridge is still there. There were some lovely natural pine wreaths and...
- Mr Pussy’s viewing habits on Nov 21, 2009 in Animal Life
Mr Pussy does not care for Current Affairs, Sport, Reality TV, Quiz Shows, Property Programmes or Drama. All those wonderful HBO series like “Six Feet Under” and “True Blood” pass him by, he was not even interested in “L...
- The house of silence on Nov 20, 2009 in Past Life
There is a house in Folgate St that is famous for the quality of its silence. As you enter the door, you receive a stern instruction to restrain from speech, which is a strangely liberating experience. Let me admit, much as I love a good chat, I have...
- Justin Piers Gellatly, baker and pastry chef on Nov 19, 2009 in Culinary Life Human Life
One day last week, I took a walk through the empty streets of Spitalfields in the early morning before the schoolchildren were even about. I slipped in through the tall double doors of St John Bread & Wine in Commercial St to meet Mr Gellatly, my...
- A sense of proportion on Nov 18, 2009 in Past Life
In “Mrs Dalloway” when an unhappy young woman takes her shell-shocked husband to a clinic, the psychiatrist declares that he is not mad, he just lacks a sense of proportion. Virginia Woolf is generally considered a grim heavyweight noveli...
- The worshipful company of butchers on Nov 17, 2009 in Culinary Life Street Life
Here you see a happy bunch of butchers who had been let out from behind the counter for a day and were eager to set out on their annual bicycle tour around London as part of the Lord Mayor’s Parade last Saturday. The Worshipful Company of Butch...
