https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/19/at-the-mansion-house/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Fri, 04 Apr 2025 09:03:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/19/at-the-mansion-house/#comment-1684134 Mon, 20 Jan 2025 02:53:24 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202072#comment-1684134 A good history lesson, social commentary, and a leaven of humor! Thank you.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/01/19/at-the-mansion-house/#comment-1684060 Sun, 19 Jan 2025 20:37:09 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=202072#comment-1684060 How fascinating to see inside. Very grand, the formal classical & very expressive plaster work.
The labour of so many skilled trades & crafts people probably none of whom would ever have dined there.
I wonder if liasons in that bed were as joyous for all involved as one might hope.
Like religious architecture it has an imposing, comanding quality. A cathedral of empire.
Blimey, the narrative of the relief outfront! A shop sign anouncing the business of the place.
Some of us belong more in the birdcage or kettled on the steps of the Royal Exchange across the road.

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