I’d like to know more about the Star of David coat of arms at 88 Whitechapel High Street.

i’m sure i’ve mentioned this before but the songlines/walking routes of a city really kind of are its true architecture. there’s a wonderful book by deborah parsons called Streetwalking the Metropolis, about women walking through the city — Doris Lessing, Virginia Woolf, Amy Levy through london. i think this is the first example i’ve seen of walking a city with a street person, as opposed to the rather elitist walter benjamin idea of the flaneur.

thank you very much, and best regards to mick from a friend in new mexico.

We see that in France still – well, maybe a beaker of wine or something stronger in a local bar. Hard to remember that it was a useful source of calories before a hard day’s work, rather than the sign of something rather more worrying.

Thanks for the walk, Mick!

Lovely article, great guy.