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Author: Tabitha Potts

Covre of Th Little History of the East end by Dee Gordon
Cultural heritage East End & Cockney Local Society 

Book review: The Little History of the East End

December 19, 2020December 18, 2020 Tabitha Potts 31 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

It’s very impressive how much careful research and detail Gordon manages to include while covering such a long period of history and making it short, readable and entertaining.

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Book cover of Born Fighter by Ruqsana Begum
Arts & artists Local Society 

Book review: ‘Born Fighter’ by Ruqsana Begum

July 26, 2020July 24, 2020 Tabitha Potts 4666 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

‘I’m going to be wherever I want to be and achieve whatever I need to achieve to feel fulfilled. Freeing myself of that need to belong has opened my horizons to so much more, because I just enjoy what is good and makes me happy,’ she says.

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Kray Twins with Squibb walking outside flats in East London
Cultural heritage East End & Cockney Local Society 

Book Review: ‘Krays: The Final Word’ by James Morton

June 7, 2020June 8, 2020 Tabitha Potts 32106 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

‘This boy has been beaten by beasts’ are the first words in Krays: the Final Word, spoken by a Thames Court magistrate investigating the assault on a boy called Roy Harvey who was allegedly beaten with chains by the Kray Twins and their friend Patrick Aucott in Mare Street, Hackney.

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Kelly and Lenny McLean in Cairo’s bar My dad the Guv'nor book review 4816_001
Kelly and Lenny McLean in Cairo’s bar. © Kelly McLean
Cultural heritage East End & Cockney Local 

Book review: ‘My Dad, the Guv’nor’ by Kelly McLean

March 12, 2020April 1, 2020 Tabitha Potts 20878 Views 1 Comment Features 4 min read

Tabitha Potts reviews My Dad, the Guv’nor, Kelly McLean’s autobiography about growing up as the daughter of Lenny McLean, the

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Les Clayden arm wrestles with Noel Edmunds
Cultural heritage East End & Cockney Local Society 

‘Swimming with Stingrays’ book review

September 26, 2019October 2, 2019 Tabitha Potts 26268 Views 0 Comments Reviews 3 min read

One issue any autobiography faces is that it is about the messy subject that is real life. Narrative threads are

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A scene during The Sweet Science of Boxing at Wilton's Music Hall
Arts & artists Local Society 

Review: ‘The Sweet Science of Bruising’ at Wilton’s Music Hall

June 18, 2019June 19, 2019 Tabitha Potts 3889 Views 0 Comments Reviews 4 min read

This entertaining and moving play set in Wilton’s Music Hall brings together four very different women to tell the story of Victorian lady boxers.

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Book cover of 'Breaking Dad' by James Lubbock
Culture & communities Local Society 

‘Breaking Dad’ book review – an extraordinary tale wryly told

May 28, 2019June 3, 2019 Tabitha Potts 2374 Views 0 Comments Reviews 5 min read

Tabitha Potts is a writer who lives in East London, an area which inspires much of her work. She has

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Huguenots in the early 19th century in Huguenots history - book review
Arts & artists Local Society 

‘The Story of the Huguenots’ book review

April 5, 2019April 10, 2019 Tabitha Potts 5757 Views 2 Comments Reviews 5 min read

Many visitors walk around the streets of East London and admire the unique architecture and the elegant houses with their

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Striking a Light by Louise Raw, book cover.
Cultural heritage Local Suffragettes 

Striking a Light by Louise Raw shines new light on Matchgirl strikes

March 10, 2019February 27, 2020 Tabitha Potts 21974 Views 0 Comments Reviews 5 min read

Striking a Light is a fascinating account of the Bryant & May match girls’ strike of 1888 (or matchwomen as

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Cover of Doreen Fletcher, Paintings by The Gentle Author
Arts & artists Local Society 

‘Paintings’ by Doreen Fletcher book review – snapshots of the moments that pass us by

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 Tabitha Potts 2777 Views 0 Comments Reviews 5 min read

This beautifully printed and bound book from Spitalfields Life Books is a monograph exploring the work of the artist Doreen

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The Stepney Doorstep Society by Kate Thompson
Arts & artists Lifestyle Local Society 

‘The Stepney Doorstep Society’ book review

December 18, 2018January 18, 2019 Tabitha Potts 1983 Views 0 Comments Reviews 5 min read

The Stepney Doorstep Society, written by journalist, ghost-writer, and novelist Kate Thompson, is a must-read for anyone interested in the history

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A woman holds a horses foreleg in her hands
Julia Empey treating one of her equine patients
Lifestyle Local Shopping Wellbeing 

Local woman Julia Empey is an osteopath who helps humans – and animals

October 25, 2018January 18, 2019 Tabitha Potts 3629 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

Local resident Julia Empey’s new osteopathy clinic on Roman Road is already doing a galloping trade with dogs, horses and

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