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cockney rebels, pop music, events poster

The exhibition Cockney Rebels by the Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives spans centuries to tell a story of

Kat Anderson's Mark of Cane exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, film still from 'Las, Fiya'

9 March 2024 Imogen Garfinkel

Mark of Cane review: A poetic exploration of plantation horror and insurgency

In Kat Anderson’s Mark of Cane exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, repressed memories of plantation labour and furious revolution haunt

Candle-lit dining tables and projector set up for a supper club and film screening in the Nunnery Gallery.

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10 October 2023 Polly Nash

‘Can you burp on demand?’: Review of Bow Arts’ new sensory supper club

A feast for the eyes, ears and stomach, ‘Supper Sonata’ at the Nunnery Gallery reimagines our relationship with food while

A Quick Ting On: Grime, by Franklyn Addo book cover.

Bow Grime music Culture Local

21 August 2023 Polly Nash

Book review: A Quick Ting On: Grime by Franklyn Addo

From anti-social pastime to widely-respected creative art form, Addo’s debut book traces the nationwide reverberations of a music genre born

Cover of Cack-Handed by East London comedian Gina Yashere

Art and artists Culture Local

6 August 2023 Srinidhi Balakrishnan

Book review: ‘Cack-Handed’ by Gina Yashere

Funny and poignant, comedian Gina Yashere’s memoir Cack-Handed chronicles her journey from a council estate in Bethnal Green to the

Outside seating under a canopy of vines at Mexican Seoul restaurant in Bow.

Eating and drinking Local Out and About

17 July 2023 Polly Nash

Mexican Seoul food review: Popular taco bar finds its first permanent home in Bow

LA’s most popular fusion food lands in Bow Wharf, where tacos and tostadas from Mexico meet gochujang sauce and Korean

Barge East, floating restaurant in Hackney Wick on the canal in front of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Eating and drinking Local Out and About

21 June 2023 Polly Nash

Barge East food review: Tasting menu at award-winning, eco-friendly barge restaurant in Hackney Wick

Creative cocktails, playful modern tasting plates and intimate wood-panelled interiors: the rustic refinement of Barge East’s restaurant, just a fraction

Man bathes in cold plunge barrel at Hackney Wick's Community Sauna Baths.

Local Out and About Sports and activities

26 May 2023 Polly Nash

Community Sauna Baths review: Hackney Wick’s hottest wellness trend

How London’s first wood-fired sauna and cold plunge is reinventing the centuries-old Scandi tradition in Hackney Wick. Clutching onto each

Eating and drinking Local Shopping

25 May 2023 Emilia Carter

The must-visit public houses around Bow from East End boozers to gastro pubs

From traditional East End boozers to trendy gastro pubs, Roman Road and the surrounding areas offer a pub to suit

Kitchen, bar and dining area at Silo restaurant in Hackney Wick.

Eating and drinking Local Out and About

23 March 2023 Polly Nash

Silo restaurant review: where fine dining meets radical environmentalism

The Hackney Wick zero-waste restaurant symbolising sustainable environmental change while remembering that fine dining is supposed to be fun. Sitting

Cast of Sylvia, the musical about Sylvia Pankhurst and the suffragettes, dancing on stage at The Old Vic theatre.

Local Out and About What's on

19 February 2023 Polly Nash

Sylvia review: the schisms of the suffragettes laid bare in storming new musical

Sylvia Pankhurst and the suffragettes bust contemporary dance moves to a soundtrack of hip-hop, funk and soul, retelling the feminist

Local Out and About Places to visit

12 January 2023 George Hayes

Best places to stay near Roman Road

Visiting family or friends in East London? We bring you the best hotels, inns and B&Bs that Tower Hamlets has