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LICHTENSTEIN, Rachel
Rachel Lichtenstein is an artist, writer, oral historian and curator. She is the author of Rodinsky’s Whitechapel (1999), Keeping Pace (2003), A Little Dust Whispered (2004) and the co-author with Iain Sinclair of the highly praised Rodinsky’s Room (1999). Her latest book, On Brick Lane, was published in 2008 to much critical acclaim. On Brick Lane was shortlisted for the Ondaatje Prize last year and is the first of a trilogy of books on London Streets for publishers Hamish Hamilton. Volumes on Hatton Garden and Portobello Road will follow. She has also written essays, short stories and book reviews for periodicals, newspapers and radio.
Lichtenstein has exhibited her artwork internationally, including venues such as The Whitechapel Gallery, The Tate Modern, The Barbican Art Gallery and The Jerusalem Theatre. Her public artwork is on permanent display in Brick Lane and The Holocaust Museum in Nottingham.
She is also a tour guide of the Jewish East End and regularly lectures at Literary Festivals, universities and museums… Read the rest of this entry »
LYLE, Anne
Anne Lyle was born in what is known to the tourist industry as ‘Robin Hood Country’, and grew up fascinated by English history, folklore, and swashbuckling heroes.
Unfortunately there was little demand in 1970s Nottinghamshire for diminutive swordswomen, so she studied sensible subjects like science and languages instead. She now lives in Cambridge, where she works as a web developer for one of the world’s largest medical charities Read the rest of this entry »