Teeming theatre of life

FRED SCULTHORP

Ironmongers’ Hall, London EC2 The home of the Worshipful Company of Ironmongers

Shop of the month Bennison Fabrics, No 16, ...

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

Bourgeois chronicler of multicultural London who tended to deify black foreigners and demonise native whites

How a West Indian warrior became a knock-out success in London’s East End Picture the scene. Two boxers walk out before an uproarious crowd at the Sebright Music Hall in the London district of Hackney