The Streets Of East London

The Streets of East Londonis an illustrated guide to the most vibrant area of London. For 25 years this has been a classic text, and steady seller in many London shops. Suitable for tourists, historians, and anyone interested in the history of London.The Streets of East Londontalks about the East End, from the Huguenots of the seventeenth century to the Bangladeshis of today. William (Bill) Fishman talks about the area’s poverty and attempts to relieve it, the successive waves of immigration, crime (including Jack the Ripper and the Krays), the radical movement, and ends with suggested walking tours.The Streets of East Londonis crammed with historic photographs, and more recent images by Nicholas Breach.

South East London is the part of London that is located in the old county of Surrey including the towns of: Southwark, Lambeth, Kennington, Walworth, Borough, Bermondsey, Rotherhithe, Deptford & New Cross, Peckham, Camberwell, Dulwich, Nunhead, Brockley, Lewisham, Blackheath, Greenwich, Charlton, and Woolwich.

'These are sharp, wry, playful stories of split and secret selves, alter-egos, doppelgangers – of escape routes from the very contemporary and existential crises their women find themselves in.' – Lucy Caldwell, author of Intimacies Andie can see no other way to escape a wedding than by hiding in a tree. Esther starts a new life in a King's Cross hotel with a bad-tempered ventriloquist dummy, while Gina finally leaves a group of infuriating friends – but not before providing them with a suitable replacement. Ways of Living is Gemma Seltzer's keen exploration of what it means to be a modern woman inhabiting the urban landscape. Ten stories of ordinary women going to extraordinary lengths to be understood, acting in bold and unpredictable ways as they map their identities onto London's streets. How do we speak and listen to each other? Who gets to talk? And what is the true power of quiet in a noisy world?

Amid the bustling streets of Spitalfields, East London, there is a piece of real estate with a bloody history. This was once Dorset Street: the haunt of thieves, murderers and prostitutes; the sanctuary of persecuted people; the last resort for those who couldn't afford anything else – and the setting for Jack the Ripper's murderous spree. So notorious was this street in the 1890s that policemen would only patrol this area in pairs for their own safety. This book chronicles the rise and fall of this remarkable street; from its promising beginnings at the centre of the seventeenth-century silk weaving industry, through its gradual descent into iniquity, vice and violence; and finally its demise at the hands of the demolition crew. Meet the colourful characters who called Dorset Street home.

Meet Joe Druitt, your average fourteen-year-old: moody and grumpy, with a vocabulary of words of two syllables or fewer, and a loathing for school. It doesn't help that he can't read and has no friends. He also lives in London, the world's greatest and most exciting city, not that Joe cares about that, living in the East End with his mum and nan in a run-down flat. He ignores the bustling metropolis that embraces people from all walks of life. But London is a place where the past, present, and legends meet to determine the future. Joe will learn that some legends just won't die, won't stay buried, and want to rule our future, especially when one of those legends is Jack the Ripper...

This playful photo series by local photographer Mimi Mollica thrusts the viewer straight into the inspiring, frustrating, wild and living streets of east London. Abstract, colourful snapshots of people, fabrics, architecture, wildlife and everyday objects together tell a story of a vibrant, ever-changing community. Mollica's (sometimes extreme) close-ups are full of warmth and spontaneity; making us yearn for a time when close proximity to strangers was inherent in our day-to-day lives.