Home to a lively community of artists and achingly trendy market it is no wonder that writers, designers and artists are drawn to Sptialfields and its big studio spaces and now-not-so-cheap rents. Tracey Emin lives down the street from Gilbert & George and writer Jeanette Winterson has opened her own organic food shop. Oranges are, apparently, not the only fruit.

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Old Spitalfields Markets

105A Commercial St
London E1 6BG

Sick of arriving to the party and finding out that you're wearing the same clothes as three other people? Time to head to Old Spitalfields Market for the perfect, original one-off pieces.

Mobile Clubbing and Culture Jamming

19 Princelet St

19 Princelet St
London E1 6QH
Tel: 020 7247 5352

A safe house dating back to 1719 where Jewish people from Eastern Europe hid in safety and rallied against intolerance and fascism

Dennis Severs' House

18 Folgate Street
London

Fancy entering a time capsule of a house, step inside to become a voyeur of 18th century living without the time machine.

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