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BBC News Published For the first time since it opened for tours forty years ago, Dennis Severs 18th Century house in Spitalfields, east London, has been closed to the public but, behind the scenes, a small army has been working to renew the house for reopening to visitors this summer. From 1979 to 1999 it was lived in by Dennis Severs, who gradually recreated the rooms as a time capsule. The house reflects the life of an imaginary Huguenot family, who had lived there since it was built in 1724....

“The offices will be for large corporations and the retail spaces will be for large brands. The more dominant these large corporate buildings become in the area, the less it caters for the local community and the less affordable it is.”  The trust launched its Battle for Brick Lane campaign with a public exhibition in nearby Princelet Street, featuring photographs of the street from the past 30 years taken by Phil Maxwell.  The Truman Brewery in its current guise. The Spitalfields site i...