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October 2026

  1. Upon The Nature Of Fear
  2. The Dead Man In Clerkenwell
  3. The Tombs Of Old London
  4. The Crypts Of Old London
  5. Luke Clennell’s Dance Of Death
  6. Georgiana Eagle & The Curse Of Vicky’s Ticker
  7. The Nights Of Old London
  8. Burdekin’s London Nights
  9. Spitalfields In Autumn
  10. Joan Lauder, Cat Lady Of Spitalfields
  11. So Long, G. Kelly Of Bethnal Green
  12. Joan Beales, Illustrator
  13. Javed Iqbal, TV Repair Man
  14. The Dogs Of Old London
  15. Alice Pattullo: Fire & Ice
  16. A Lost Corner Of Whitechapel
  17. Gravedigger’s Grave Stories
  18. At Chiswick House
  19. Jim Howett, Designer
  20. In The Secret Garret At Brunswick House
  21. The Lantern Slides Of Old London
  22. Hairdressers Of The Eighties
  23. A Whitechapel Childhood
  24. Lucinda Douglas-Menzies’ Portraits
  25. My Cousin, Ned Despard – Hero Or Traitor?
  26. Peter Minter, Brickmaker
  27. At The Drapers’ Hall
  28. Max Levitas, Veteran Of The Battle Of Cable St
  29. Beattie Orwell, Veteran Of The Battle Of Cable St
  30. Solidarity On The Streets

September 2026

  1. The Oxford Sausage
  2. Richard Jefferies In The City Of London
  3. My Quilt
  4. Vivian Betts Of Bishopsgate
  5. Charles Chusseau-Flaviens’ Petticoat Lane
  6. The Doors Of Old London
  7. Hackney Mosaic Project At Surrey Docks Farm
  8. Save Hackney Mosaic Project
  9. Arful Nessa, Gardener
  10. Sarsparilla & Mineral Water Sellers
  11. In The Orchards At Brogdale
  12. John Thomas Smith’s Rural Cottages
  13. Tom Fellows, London’s Oldest Cabbie
  14. At The Pearly Kings & Queens Harvest Festival
  15. At The Cinema Museum
  16. In Search Of Roman London
  17. On Top Of Britannic House With Lew Tassell
  18. The Language Of Beer
  19. Betty Levy Of Petticoat Lane
  20. Thomas Rowlandson’s Cries Of London
  21. A Long Way From Spitalfields
  22. John Allin, Artist
  23. At The Shops With Tony Hall
  24. The East End In The Afternoon
  25. David Mason, Wilton’s Music Hall
  26. The Gentle Author’s Writing Course
  27. A Is For Apple Pie
  28. Derrick Porter, Hoxton Poet
  29. A Walk Along The Ridgeway
  30. Peta Bridle’s London Day By Day

August 2026

  1. Blackie, The Last Spitalfields Market Cat
  2. The Highdays & Holidays Of Old London
  3. So Long, Martin White
  4. The Old City Of London
  5. Seventeenth Annual Report
  6. Relics At St Paul’s From Before The Fire
  7. The Language Of Printers
  8. On The Beat With PC Lew Tassell
  9. In City Churchyards
  10. East End Desire Paths
  11. From Shoeburyness To Chalkwell
  12. Peta Bridle’s City Of London Sketchbook
  13. Whitechapel Lads
  14. Old London Trade Cards
  15. Roy Wild, Hop Picker
  16. Hop Picking Portraits
  17. Hop Picking Season
  18. Tom Vowden, Stained Glass Conservator
  19. Chris Miles’ East End
  20. Terry Barns, Knot Tyer
  21. Inside The Model Of St Paul’s
  22. The Stranger’s Guide To London
  23. Marion Elliot’s Pictorial Guide To Rural Crafts
  24. The Lost World Of The Alleys
  25. Henry Silk’s Still Life
  26. Colin O’Brien In Whitechapel
  27. The Drawing Rooms Of Old London
  28. At Fulham Palace
  29. A Visit From Viscountess Boudicca
  30. Misericords At Katherine’s Chapel

July 2026

  1. The Antiquarian Bookshops Of Old London
  2. The Jungle On The Corner Of Princelet St
  3. At Herne Bay
  4. At Walthamstow Pump House
  5. At St Augustine’s Tower
  6. Fred Iles, Meter Fixer
  7. Summer At Arnold Circus
  8. The Tree Huts Of Epping Forest
  9. Marie Iles, Machinist
  10. George Cruikshank’s Summer In London
  11. A Voyage On the Raybel
  12. Swan Upping On The Thames
  13. Summer At Bow Cemetery
  14. At Waltham Abbey
  15. At The Smithfield Institute
  16. The Wallpapers Of Spitalfields
  17. In Old Rotherhithe
  18. Wonderful London’s East End
  19. John Claridge’s French House Portraits
  20. Sheila Bell Of Great Eastern Buildings
  21. Dragan Novaković’s Club Row
  22. David Carpenter, Maker Of Glass Eyes
  23. Lost Spitalfields
  24. Phillip Lucas, Collector
  25. Kurt Hutton, Photographer
  26. Visit Nicholas Culpeper’s Spitalfields
  27. David Johnson’s East End
  28. The Gentle Author’s Tour Of Whitechapel
  29. On The Semiquincentennial
  30. The Last Days Of London
  31. Edith Tudor-Hart, Photographer

June 2026

  1. The Markets Of Old London
  2. At Cranbrook Community Food Garden
  3. David Johnson’s Cafes
  4. Remembering Mr Pussy In the Dog Days
  5. At Kaymet, Tray & Trolley Makers
  6. In The Lavender Fields Of Surrey
  7. Typefounders Of East London
  8. Charles Jones, Photographer
  9. Cockney Beanos
  10. Ron McCormick’s Whitechapel
  11. Midsummer With The Druids
  12. Inside Spitalfields’ Oldest Building
  13. Receipts From Old Whitechapel
  14. The Executions Of Old London
  15. At Minto Place, Bethnal Green
  16. Clive Murphy, Snapper
  17. At The Royal Naval College In Greenwich
  18. Cecile Moss Of Old Montague St
  19. Secrets Of St Anne’s, Limehouse
  20. Doreen Fletcher In Her Own Words
  21. At Benjamin Truman’s House
  22. Raju Vaidyanathan, Photographer
  23. Moyra Peralta’s Worldly Goods
  24. London Characters
  25. Doreen Fletcher’s New Paintings
  26. Phyllis Bray, Artist
  27. George Parrin, Ice Cream Seller
  28. At The House Of Dreams
  29. Adrian Amos, Architectural Salvage Dealer

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