My favourite read in May was this memoir from Tarquin Hall, based on his experiences living in Brick Lane, and the conversations he had with other residents, reflecting the changing demographic in the area over the decades.
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1. Salaam Brick Lane, about the year the author lived in London‘s Brick Lane, and the characters he met.
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3. I do like a good crime novel.
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pickPublished 15 years ago, about his time on Brick Lane on the early 2000s, Hall draws an interesting an varied picture of the people and history of an area of London that has long been home to immigrants, from Huguenot to Jewish to Bangladeshi. Hall‘s writing is easy to read, full of gentle humour but also the hardships many of the area‘s residents faced.
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