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Trevor the milk man standing next to his float
Photography by Tom Keeling
Culture Life and living Local 

Why the local milk round is enjoying a revival [photoessay]

December 13, 2019February 25, 2022 Scarlet Hannington 3 Comments Photoessays

Trevor Culling is the neighbourhood’s silent and often invisible friend, delivering milk to door steps around Roman Road when the

Sulkin House in Globe Town, East London
Photographs by Yev Kazannik
Out & About Places to visit 

Sulkin House through a photographer’s lens [photoessay]

December 4, 2019February 25, 2022 Yev Kazannik 0 Comments Photoessays

Sulkin House is one of the most distinctive buildings in East London, which is no small feat. Designed by Denys

Dog at the Victoria Park Dog Show
Local Out & About What's on 

Oodles of poodles at the Victoria Park Dog Show 2019 [photoessay]

September 13, 2019February 25, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Photoessays

The Victoria Park Dog Show is the place to be seen in East London, if you’re a dog. Every year

Drawing of Loafing on Roman Road by Bex Shaw
Art and artists Local News 

Bex Shaw’s drawings of Roman Road [photoessay]

September 6, 2019February 25, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 0 Comments Photoessays

Bex Shaw has lived in Bow for 10 years and immortalised many of the area’s shop fronts with her artwork.

MO and the Red Ribbon street parade on Roman Road, part of Greenwich+Docklands International Festival
Local Out & About Shopping What's on 

MO and the Red Ribbon street parade in pictures [photoessay]

July 1, 2019February 25, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 0 Comments Photoessays

On one of hottest days of the year, thousands of people turned out on Roman Road to see MO and

couple walking up tiled stairs of mile end tube station
Miles of Tiles, Mile End tube station © Luke Agbaimoni
Out & About Places to visit 

Mile End tube station: ‘Miles of Tiles’ [photoessay]

April 12, 2019December 2, 2022 Georgina Roberts 0 Comments Photoessays

Every day, some 25,000 of us hop on at Mile End tube station to brave the baking Central line, whether

Ye Olde Corner Shop in Bow, East London
Photographs by Massimo Iannetti
Culture Life and living Local 

Lights in the darkness – the corner shops of Bow [photoessay]

April 10, 2019December 2, 2022 Massimo Iannetti 1 Comment Photoessays

Corner shops are one of the staples of city life, their owners the unsung heroes of convenience shopping. Here, local

Interior of the House Mill in Bromley-by-Bow
Photographs by Claire Watts
Out & About Places to visit 

Cocooned in wood: the House Mill through a photographer’s lens [photoessay]

April 2, 2019February 25, 2022 Claire Watts 0 Comments Photoessays

It has been some time since the streets were awash with gin, but entering the old House Mill in Bromley-by-Bow

A sign at Globe Town Marker Square
Photographs by Sophie Beagles
Art and artists Culture Local 

Rediscovering Globe Town Market Square [photoessay]

March 26, 2019February 25, 2022 Sophie Beagles 0 Comments Photoessays

At first glance, Globe Town Market Square may not match one’s expectations of an idyllic marketplace. Located between Morpeth Street

Phil Verney night sky in Bow
Art and artists Local News 

Phil Verney: a view of the universe from Bow E3 [photoessay]

March 17, 2019December 1, 2022 Phil Verney 2 Comments Photoessays

Phil Verney is a photographer who lives in Bow. He regularly takes photographs of the night sky from his flat,

Boxer Ollie Patterson in his corner before his fight against Harry Matthews at York Hall
Culture Life and living Local 

Blood and solidarity at York Hall boxing [photoessay]

February 20, 2019February 25, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 3 Comments Photoessays

The main event is ringside at York Hall boxing. You’d do well to find a more varied cross section of

Interiors of a Bow Quarter apartment, photography by Anton Rodriguez.
Culture Life and living Local 

Photographer Anton Rodriguez’s captures stunning interiors of Bow Quarter apartments [photoessay]

September 14, 2018November 29, 2022 April Kosky 2 Comments Photoessays

Photographer Anton Rodriguez, the genius behind the Residents: Inside the Barbican project, takes a look at the interior of some of

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