East End of London

and existence of The Berlin Wall is one of the most infamous events and monuments in global history. Known as the “Wall of Shame”, it was the main barrier between Communism and Democracy for 28 years. The Wall completely cut off relations between East and West parts of Germany. Prior to the Wall being built, more than 3.5 million German citizens crossed between the two areas before 1961 to their jobs and to get basic supplies to survive. During the Cold War the two main powers were NATO, the…

It is narrated with alternating characters in focus including the less obvious characters such as Ugwu, a house boy. The story opens in a post-independence Nigeria where the beautiful and London-educated Olanna and her twin sister Kainene are based with their affluent parents. After she return from London, Olanna moves to Nsukka, a small university town in the south eastern part of the country where she teaches and lives with her Mathematics professor lover, Odenigbo and Ugwu, his houseboy.…

destructive and horrible war. Britain was the main target of the Germans at the beginning of the war. The Germans focused much of their air force at Britain. Air Warfare was an important tool they used to cripple Britain. London got attacked quite often in particular by German aircraft. London and its surrounding cities were targeted often to destroy Britain’s defenses and morale during the blitzkriegs. Blitz was taken from the German word Blitzkrieg meaning lightning war. Blitzkrieg was the…

all contain a preponderance of further readings on the subject. The kind of information which I focused on was facts about the intentions of the LDDC and then reports on what they ended up producing. Also, I used reports of other gentrified areas of London so I can get a better understanding of how those areas ended up. I can then use data collected from other sources to compare those areas to the Docklands itself. The discussion of other areas will be brief as to not detract from the focus of…

During these years, London became the city se see around us today’ (fig. 2). The statement implies that the gallery will be fully representative of all of London over the past three hundred years and also how the history shaped London today— a daunting undertaking. The last gallery of the Galleries of Modern London is the World City Gallery, whose name also implies an element of inclusiveness and cultural breadth. As…

The representation of the London of ‘light’ and the London of ‘darkness’ has evolved throughout the history of literature; this change can be explored and observed when comparing the topics of the country and the city within popular literary works of art. Within Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist the countryside is viewed as the London of ‘light’ while the city is viewed as the London of ‘darkness’. These themes are brought out by the realism Dickens uses in relation to the period in which his novel…

strategies conducted by both sides and it being the first use of Radar Warning systems. The Need for an Air Defence In 1935, the Air Ministry Air Defence was established due to the rise of threat from the Nazis in the south and growing into the countries east of England. From the…

Charles Dickens promotes the idea that association with societal issues reveals one’s true nature. Dickens does so by characterizing figures of Great Expectations according to their response to these societal beliefs, specifically through characters Pip and Estella. Pip shows significant maturation throughout the novel, credited to his constant conflict with criminality. The first scene of Great Expectations introduces this conflict as Pip meets Magwitch. Pip, being six or seven years old,…

On September 8th, the murder of Annie Chapman was reported in the London Echo, “All the circumstances favour the theory that they (the east-end murders) are the work of a lunatic with homicidal tendencies. The swiftness and secrecy of the murders, and the success of the perpetrator in destroying all traces of his presence, rather support the theory…The dissatisfaction arises from the fact that the police, as they have become militarized, seem to have lost the art of detecting murders.” The…

the scariest to think about. Jack the Ripper is a famous serial killer who was never caught because he was so good at being under the radar. His reign or terror lasted nearly 12 weeks in 1888 from August to November in the end of London.(JackTheRipper.org #1) The east end of London was notorious for being a bad part of the neighborhood and that was where lots of crime occurred. Jack the Ripper was never caught or prosecuted.(bbc.co.uk/history #2) In fact no one truly knows 100% sure who Jack the…