Brick Lane has always existed — although not always with that name — on London’s fringes, both literally and metaphorically, despite its close proximity to the city’s centre. So how did it get its ...

The key to this book is a famous story about a wartime firefighter who watched a bomb fall on the Jewish cemetery in Whitechapel, east London, opened the gates and saw to his astonishment a party of ...

Once Upon a Time in Brick Lane documents everyday moments in the East End of London during the 70s and 80s, while the area was still recovering from wartime dereliction The latest area to be pulled ...

Think of Brick Lane and what images come to mind? For many people it will be the eponymous novel and the film which followed it. But for those who have lived or conducted research in east London for ...

A graffiti wall in London’s bustling street art hub of Brick Lane has become an unlikely canvas for protest messages against China’s authoritarian rule, after it was whitewashed and painted over with ...

Poor old Brick Lane. Hardly a day goes by that it doesn’t get used as a mile-long yardstick for the gentrification of the East End. So what if the Lane now boasts a Subway, a Pret, a new Premier Inn, ...

"Brick Lane," follows the travails, conflicting emotions and quiet liberation of a Muslim woman in London. Monica Ali’s elegant and critically trumpeted debut novel, “Brick Lane,” about the travails, ...