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Author Archives: Mike Pentelow

Mike Pentelow – editor and features editor. Mike moved to Fitzrovia in the early 1970s, from Essex where he was a trainee journalist on the Thurrock Gazette. He has worked as a sports writer and industrial correspondent. Since 1989 he has been a reporter for the Transport and General Workers Union Magazine. He is the author of two books: Characters of Fitzrovia (co-written with Marsha Rowe) and A Pub Crawl Through History: The Ultimate Boozers’ Who’s Who (co-written with Peter Arkell).

Posted inHistory

The barbarous treatment of slaves was for the benefit of local gentry

by Mike Pentelow 10:19 pm, Thursday, 11 June 2020

The barbarous and cruel treatment of slaves, described by Mary Prince from her own experience, greatly helped the campaign for abolition. Mary Prince. Illustration by Clifford Harper. She was working as a charwoman at 4 Keppel Street (opposite Store Street) in 1829 after fleeing her slave owner John Wood (1783-1836) of Leigh Street, Bloomsbury. Wood […]

Three men standing.
Posted inBusiness

New television production firm delighted to be in Fitzrovia

by Mike Pentelow 9:47 am, Monday, 7 December 20159:49 am, Sunday, 6 December 2015
Cartoon of man saying "Darling, you were wonderful!" to ghost at stage door.
Posted inHistory

Fitzrovia’s spooky haunts

by Mike Pentelow 8:49 am, Friday, 31 October 20148:55 am, Friday, 31 October 2014
Crew having a meal on ship.
Posted inCulture

Mutiny on the South China Sea

by Mike Pentelow 7:14 pm, Monday, 9 June 2014
Cover of book with black musicians.
Posted inCulture, History

From jazz pioneers to township jive exiles

by Mike Pentelow 7:54 am, Monday, 28 October 201312:39 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
Posted inLife

Great train robbery mastermind worked at Middlesex Hospital

by Mike Pentelow 7:26 am, Monday, 21 October 201312:51 am, Saturday, 7 June 2014
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In memoriam: Mike Pentelow (1946-2020)

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Mike Pentelow enjoying music and a drink at the King and Queen pub in September 2018.

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