Rachel Lichtenstein

Rachel Lichtenstein is a writer, artist and archivist.^[1]

In 1999, she wrote Rodinsky's Room with Iain Sinclair, and since then she has published Rodinsky's Whitechapel (1999) and On Brick Lane (2007).^[2] This last will be joined by two other books, Hatton Garden and Portobello Road to form a trilogy on London street markets.

In 2003, she became the British Library's first Pearson Creative Research Fellow, producing a work entitled Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered – both as an installation within the Library, and a subsequent book.^[1]

Ch.N.Katz was the last Jewish shop in Brick Lane, the story of this and other forgotten inhabitants of the area is told in Rodinsky's Room

Works

Books

• Rodinsky's Room, with Iain Sinclair (Granta Books, 1999)
• Rodinsky's Whitechapel, (Granta Books, 1999)
• On Brick Lane,^[3] {Hamish Hamilton, 2007}
• Diamond Street: The Hidden World of Hatton Garden(2012)^[4]
• Estuary: Out from London to the Sea' (Hamish Hamilton, 2016)

Installations

• Shoah (1993)
• Add. 17469: A Little Dust Whispered (2003)

See also

• Museum of Immigration and Diversity