London Grip Poetry Review – Edward Mackinnon
Neil Fulwood considers Edward Mackinnon’s forceful poetic dissection of 75 years of war
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East End Suffragettes: the photographs of Norah Smyth. By Jane McChrystal.
If you can get along to Bethnal Green in the next three weeks, I highly recommend a visit to this exhibition of photographs. They document a dramatic period in the history of the East London.
Housing Ordinary People in London, by Jane McChrystal.
The Russian architect Berthold Lubetkin once declared “Nothing is too Good for Ordinary People”* and as a founder of the radical Tecton group he designed municipal housing which combined the creation of healthy spaces, where people could live healthy lives, with the expression of his modernist aesthetic.
Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms: Art, Word, War. Review by Barbara Lewis.
Domesday Book, William the Conqueror’s 1085 survey of his recently-won kingdom, merits an exhibition in its own right.
Night and Day: 1930s Fashion & Photographs. Review by Barbara Lewis.
In 1933, Hitler became Chancellor of Germany. In the world of fashion, shoulders broadened and the iconic 1930s shape became established.
Excursion to Limehouse Town Hall, by Jane McChrystal.
A new municipal HQ for the Borough of Tower Hamlets is being built on the site of the old Royal London Hospital, and it’s due to open in 2022.
Excursion to the Mill House, Bromley by Bow, by Jane McChrystal.
There’s no other way to say it – we were in a different world – one with a clock tower and two oast houses, paved with cobble stones.
Charles Dickens Museum. Review by Barbara Lewis.
The museum in Doughty Street, London, has a temporary exhibition to revisit the established view that Dickens had no truck with science, presenting the discipline not so surprisingly as an extension of his concern with social justice and reform rather than abstract theory.
Musee Rambolitrain, Barbara Lewis
Rambouillet – known for its graceful chateau that is the summer seat of French presidents and the setting for international summits – also has appeal for those seeking a gentler life on the sidelines – or even in the sidings.
East London Federation of Suffragettes; Event at Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archive.
Tower Hamlets will host a celebration of the work of The East London Federation of Suffragettes over the next five months.
Celebration of the East London Federation of Suffragettes
The East End of London was a crucible for radical ideas and activism, including the women’s suffrage movement, fired in part by the deprivation and inequality experienced by so many of its inhabitants.
Your Culture is not mine…or is it? America’s tense relationship with high culture. By Stephanie V Sears
As a half French, half American individual, I give in to a pastime common to double nationals, which consists of regularly comparing both countries of origin.