Sebastian Cox, furniture maker and manifesto writer
In those fallow days between Christmas and New Year, as terrible news of fire and flood kept breaking into consciousness,...
Words
bulletins from the frontline of a London ministry
Winter Light in St Thomas’ Church
The church itself is generally quite dark and the lighting we have is pretty dreadful with brutal overhead spots that...
Our Christmas Star
A few years ago I noticed that Stamford Hill had no civic sparkle. The Christmas lights stopped at Stoke Newington...
Jacob Dresner, Toyshop Owner on Oldhill Street
By day Jacob is selling toys to the local Jewish community as it prepares for Chanukah. By night he stays...
The Boss of Bethnal Green by Julian Woodford
It’s a story of a political psychopath who won successive elections by persuading the electorate to vote against their...
Our Whitechapel Foundry Bell (1773)
The Season of Advent, with its themes of apocalyptic dread, makes me a bit jumpy. First we had the sonic...
Speed Awareness Training
A few weeks ago we buried Richard. We loved Richard. The church service lasted nearly two hours as people stood...
Fire and Brimstone in the Scottish Highlands
In late autumn, before we brought in our geraniums for the winter, my wife and I took the night train...
Summoned by Bells
I went to the Whitechapel Mosque on Saturday for a rally in support of the campaign to save the Whitechapel...
chat about silence
Recently I reviewed Unspeakable [paywall] by Harriet Shawcross for the FT which opens up that strange and disturbing vale of...