Property developer caught using critic's photo in promotional materials, demands an end to criticism as a condition of paying for the use
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3EH1Q)
"The Gentle Author" is the maintainer of Spitalfields Life, a blog that has featured a brilliant and moving series of essays about the history of East London; Author is also sharply critical of the plans by giant property developer Crest Nicholson to redevelop the site of a Victorian chest hospital and dig up an ancient tree called the Bethnal Green Mulberry. (more")