Lenin in Hackney – revisited

Nine years ago I wrote about the visit of prominent communists to Hackney in 1907:

Lenin in Hackney

Since then, additional information has come my way about:

• The press hysteria concerning some of the female delegates attending the congress
• The location of the place in Dalston where hundreds of the revolutionaries stayed throughout the event
• The identity of the painter who portrayed this momentous occasion

I’ve also added details of some source material at the end and reuploaded the short film discussing it all…

This has been added to the original post to keep everything in one place, so click on the link above…