Stories of the poor

• Published date: 11 April 2024
• Publication title: Katikati Advertiser

She has brought with her a new folk album and book, London Labour and the London Poor, based on work of English journalist and playwright Henry Mayhew from the mid-1850s

The songs focus on the voices of people ranging from Jack Black, the Queen’s rat catcher, the teenage Mudlark, the rhubarb and spice seller, the acrobat, the Punch and Judy man and many more — with the aim of recreating a snapshot of life on the...