Brick Lane Circle Brick Lane Circle The Brick Lane Circle is a voluntary organisation based in Tower Hamlets, London, which organises talks, seminars and conferences on subjects relating to Bangladesh and Bangladeshis abroad. Its events are free and open to all members of the public. Since 2010, it has organised an annual Bengal History Week based at the Whitechapel Idea Store (library) each October. Its East India company project has been one of its more popular topics. This hosted talks by notable historians of the East India Company such as Nick Robins. At the same time it also worked with such experts to
East End of London in popular culture the Fu Manchu films — based on Sax Rohmer's novels. These began with some short British serials 1923–4 before the first American feature film "The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu" appeared in 1929, followed by many others. Further multi-cultural encounters are featured in the film "Brick Lane" (2007) based on the novel by Monica Ali. The East End is featured as the setting for the Hughes brothers' film "From Hell (film)" (2001) based on the Alan Moore graphic-novel of the same name, providing a modern interpretation of the Jack the Ripper murders. The East End also appears in the film "Mary