Sylvia Pankhurst’s The Mother’s Arms: a pub transformed into a haven for women
While Sylvia Pankhurst’s The Mother’s Arms no longer exists, its legacy as a protective haven for women and children remains
Read moreWhile Sylvia Pankhurst’s The Mother’s Arms no longer exists, its legacy as a protective haven for women and children remains
Read moreThe life of the lesser-known Suffragette Sylvia Pankhurst comes dancing, singing and roaring onto the stage for its world premiere
Read moreOur book reviewer Tabitha Potts reads Natural Born Rebel, Rachel Holmes’ biography of Sylvia Pankhurst, which tells the riveting story
Read moreFew know that during her time in Bow, Sylvia Pankhurst’s revolutionary actions included running the Worker’s Dreadnought, her own socialist
Read moreSylvia Pankhurst is well known around these parts. Most know of her activism for women’s suffrage. However, many don’t know
Read moreSince former mayor Boris Johnson boosted the biking boom back in the early 2010s, London’s status as a cycling city
Read moreNorah Lyle Smyth was a British suffragette, novelist, photographer and a socialist activist who worked alongside Sylvia Pankhurst on the
Read moreA Sylvia Pankhurst mural has been unveiled on the side of the Lord Morpeth pub on Old Ford Road in
Read moreFew people realise that Bow is the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Within 100 metres
Read moreThe East End has a proud history of strong women working for women’s rights, and it seems it still attracts pioneering women. We
Read moreDid you know pizza arrived in London in the 1950s? Luckily Bow is now surrounded by delicious pizza – here’s
Read moreOften seen as a rambunctious and at times vociferous borough, Tower Hamlets should be proud of its role in shaping
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