On Brick Lane Book

‘On Brick Lane is a collage of beady-eyed topographical study, family history and oral testimony illustrated with numerous photographs and…

‘Lichtenstein is part of an inspired literary and historical reinvention of the neighbourhood – along with Iain Sinclair, Patrick Wright…

‘Lichtenstein’s book is a mixture of memoir, interviews, written history and photographs that seek to capture the never-still nature of…

‘Lichtenstein has written a fascinating book – half memoir, half social history – that retrieves the street’s past and connects…

‘Like Sinclair, Lichtenstein is a cultural archaeologist, digging up forgotten stories from the metropolis.’

‘Lichtenstein’s useful and instructive book catches time’s riptide once more on the turn.’

‘By listening with such care, and sympathetic attention, she teases out the voices of the living and the dead. Here…

‘In an age when modern, consumer culture is erasing so much of the past, Lichtenstein’s anguish and instinct to preserve…

‘Lichtenstein’s lively approach captures and celebrates the cacophonous narrative of one of London’s most interesting microcosms.’

‘Lichtenstein has created an intriguing and vivid memorial to Brick Lane… she writes well about what it means for a…