For most people today, it’s hard to imagine what life was like in the years just after the Second World War. At this point in history, many of the mills that defined the landscape were either ...

Shuttles, Steam and Soot: A cotton mill in Lancashire by Daniel Meadows is on show at Four Corners on Roman Road in Bethnal Green, London, until 29 March 2025.

The imposing former cotton mill was designed by Lancashire-born architect Sir Philip Sidney Stott and was still producing cotton as late as the 1980s. Since then, only the ground floor has remained in ...