https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/12/david-hoffman-at-st-botolophs-i/ In the midst of life I woke to find myself living in an old house beside Brick Lane in the East End of London Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/12/david-hoffman-at-st-botolophs-i/#comment-1961913 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:33:16 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206351#comment-1961913 What heart-wrenching pictures and what a marvellous record of these souls who otherwise might be forgotten. Thanks for posting.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/12/david-hoffman-at-st-botolophs-i/#comment-1961709 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 07:44:44 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206351#comment-1961709 Very few places like this exist anymore. More’s the pity. And if they do they are run by good souls who are completely unpaid and with little funding or funded by generous donations. I suppose the excuse to close them down would be “health and safety”, which is often a blanket used to not fund vital work out in the real world. Without places like these many people are lost and left out. What would the prophet Jesus Christ say to that. It is against his teachings to not care. How marvellous this work was. Brilliant photographic record of this place and the people who found refuge and comfort there.

]]> https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/03/12/david-hoffman-at-st-botolophs-i/#comment-1961646 Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:48:00 +0000 https://spitalfieldslife.com/?p=206351#comment-1961646 A wonderful photographer!

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