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Tassaduq AhmedPress
Here are just a few of the excellent articles and reviews about our work which appeared in 2002 and before.
Financial Times
Read a letter from Susie Symes chair of the Spitalfields Centre published in the Financial Times on September 14th 2002
Radio 4
19 Princelet street was featured as part of a debate on the You and Yours program broadcast on July 15 2002
East End LifeTime catching up with our House of History.
July 15 2002
The Observer
Lord Desai's letter in response to the article which appeared in the Observer the previous week.
July 14 2002
London Jewish News
A Historic East End building is in urgent need of a cash injection to avoid closure...
July 12 2002
The Evening Standard
Letters in response to the articles about 19 Princelet Street. July 11 2002
Robert Elms - Radio London
A piece about 19 Princelet Street was featured on the Robert Elms show broadcast on July 10 2002
Newsnight
View a video clip about 19 Princelet Street broadcast on BBC Television's Newsnight program on July 09 2002
There are two versions available, one suitable for viewing over a network connection (e.g. from work or school or if you have a cable modem or ADSL) and one suitable for viewing over a modem. Select the relevant link on the right. You will require Real Player to be installed in order to view the video.
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The Evening Standard
Many rare and historic buildings will disappear from London unless their owners stop neglecting them, a report warns today. July 09 2002
The Evening Standard
"The small house was a prism through which the whole European catastrophe could be apprehended..
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writes A N Wilson in this article which appeared on July 08 2002
The Independent
A Huguenot silk merchant's home that campaigners have spent 20 years trying to turn into Britain's first museum of immigration is in danger of collapsing....
July 08 2002
The Observer
Kamal Ahmed, political editor of the Observer writes of how campaigners are fighting to save a crumbling London building that gave safety to refugees fleeing Hitler.
July 07 2002
Spectrum
19 Princelet Street was featured in an interview by Jon Kaye which aired on June 20 2002
24HourMuseum
Loyd Grossman, Chairman of the 24 Hour Museum says "This is an exciting and imaginative endeavour that uses our heritage to illuminate many complex current issues"
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Read more in this article by Jon Pratty which appeared on the 24HourMuseum website on June 15 2002.
Times Online
Marcus Binney, architecture correspondant writes about 19 Princelet Street in his article Synagogue Splendours which appeared on June 13, 2002.
iNexile
iNexile, the Refugee Council magazine published a double page spread, The House That History Built
, all about 19 Princelet Street which appeared in their May/June 2002 edition .
Read the article here in html format or here in pdf format (343kb)
Libération
Read a fascinating, full page feature about 19 Princelet Street which appeared in the French national daily newspaper Libération on 14 March 2002.
Read the article in English here.
Read the article in French here.
Londoners for London
To mark London Day, an exhibition is being held in the GLA's Visitor Centre. The Londoners for London exhibition features some of the individuals who are being thanked by the Mayor at this year's celebrations for their contribution to life in London.
London First
At last, London is to become the first European capital to create a museum celebrating diversity
champions London First a place of learning and of remembering, that will match the world class visitor attractions which New York and Melbourne take for granted.
Read the whole article here in html format or here in pdf format
Tassaduq Ahmed MBE 1923-2001
Tassaduq Ahmed, who died on 8 December was a founding trustee of this
charity. He inspired many people and projects, in East London and in South
Asia. He worked tirelessly to make a better future for the disadvantaged
and less privileged, and to create a fair and equal society for all. His
commitment to 'Unity in Diversity' persuaded Susie Symes to become chair of
trustees of this charity which he, a Moslem, had worked with a Jew and a
Christian to set up. Randolph Vigne, a trustee from the very beginning,
recalls how they started:
East End Life
Chief Rabbi attacks the 'virus of racism' and exorts us all to 'love the
stranger'. September 23 2001
BBC News Online
The area of Spitalfields, a stones throw from London's prosperous financial centre and home to Brick Lane the heart of the capital's Bangladeshi community, has long been a sanctuary for newcomers to Britain....