If you want to get 'under the skin' of Brick Lane and its vicinity, here is some suggested reading and a few links. Brick Lane Book Shop
has oodles of interesting books about East London
has oodles of interesting books about East London
Books - General
On Brick lane - Rachel Lichtenstein Watercress but no Sandwiches - Linda Wilkinson The Blackest Streets - Sarah Wise Children of the Ghetto - Israel Zangwill East End Underworld - Chapters in the life of Arthur Harding - Raphael Samuel (5 stars) East End Back Passages - Alan Gilbey (nicely naughty) |
Books - Photography
Brick Lane - Phil Maxwell Spitalfields Nipper - Horace Warner East End - John Claridge |