COVID: Lockdown Stories (2020-2021)
Lockdown in Newham, West Ham and William the Cat
for Eileen Wade, by Catriona West Eileen’s initial response to the coronavirus was that it was something happening in a far-away place, on the other side of the world, that would never be a problem here. In general, Eileen is not a worrier, and indeed she refused to worry about the virus either, even when… continue reading »
Read MoreInvisible London (2017-2019)
Surface Shoots & Sucker Roots, for Claire Chatelet
From the life of Claire Chatelet By Naida Redgrave — ‘I’m warning you, I jump from subject to subject. I’ve got a form of dyslexia. I’ll take you somewhere, then I’ll loop back and forth. The problem is, I find it very difficult to find salient points. I view everything as equally interesting and important.’… continue reading »
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The Best of Both Worlds, for Gowhar Shaikh
From the life of Gowhar Shaikh By Jack Pascoe — Sam and I reached Richard House Hospice at around ten o’clock in the morning. I hadn’t slept particularly well due to noisy neighbours. Also the noise of the planes taking off from London city airport that morning didn’t help matters. We signed our names on the… continue reading »
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A Day on the ’Ill, for John Besagni
From the life of John Besagni By Erica Masserano (Special thanks to Clerkenwell community historian Olive Besagni) — His first memory is the wail of the sirens; his second of everyone running for cover down to what he didn’t know, couldn’t have known, was Chancery Lane. Sometimes the bombs never came; they missed and they… continue reading »
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