Comments on: Sarah Ainslie’s Somali Portraits https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/31/sarah-ainslies-somali-portraits-ii/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:55:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Hetty Startup https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/31/sarah-ainslies-somali-portraits-ii/#comment-1788500 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 13:55:57 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204209#comment-1788500 Such dignity! Thank you both for making these public. Hetty

]]> By: Bernie https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/31/sarah-ainslies-somali-portraits-ii/#comment-1788314 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 09:14:22 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204209#comment-1788314 Interesting group of experiences that make the British Empire seem like a good thing, on the whole. Is that a reasonable assessment, or is it wrong?

]]> By: Andy https://spitalfieldslife.com/2025/08/31/sarah-ainslies-somali-portraits-ii/#comment-1788254 Sun, 31 Aug 2025 07:35:33 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=204209#comment-1788254 Powerful portraits and I remember the seaman’s mission in East India Dock Road and Ralph Mctell referring to it in his song “Streets of London .”

Fine portraits .
Thank you all these people in the pictures .

Andy

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