East End in Fact and Fiction

Explore the history of East London via vividly realised fiction dating between 1820 and 1920 on this fascinating one-day course at Liverpool Street archive The Bishopsgate Institute. Through lectures and small group discussions led by Sarah Wise, a visiting professor at the University of California’s London Study Center, you’ll discuss how imaginative fiction and real history have entwined to create local legends and become familiar with the key authors and works associated with the East End.