Black, female and Muslim: Safia Jama’s rise from Bow comprehensive to MBE
From Bow resident to British royalty, Bow raised Safia Jama speaks to us about how her childhood shaped her determination
From Bow resident to British royalty, Bow raised Safia Jama speaks to us about how her childhood shaped her determination
‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub
One British-Somalian’s woman’s journey from Somalia to Somaliland. When Ayaan Gulaid’s sixteen-year-old brother was tortured at the hands of Somalia’s
Bow-based psychic medium, Sharmishta Mandal, takes us on a journey through her day from reading minds and seeing ghosts, to
Cycling enthusiast and local bicycle workshop co-owner Louis Wigston, gives us an insight into what a day in his life
Valerian Spicer is a boxer, personal trainer, motivational speaker, soon-to-be author, and mum (amongst many other things). She runs us
The green crusader who has single-handedly cleared almost 170 bags of rubbish from Mile End Park on his dawn raids
Bow veterinary nurse Nancy McLaughlin gives us an insight into a day in her life; from setting up theatre, cooking
From starting the first girl’s football team at Olga Primary School to representing Great Britain at the Olympics, local resident
BBC Two’s Your Home Made Perfect architect Julian McIntosh tells us how he was inspired to make Holy Trinity Bow
Wojtek van Portek, Roman Road’s resident stylist and art director, chats to us about styling his compact home in Bow.
Welcome to the whimsical world of Wedgley Snipes, hand-dryer reviewer extraordinaire and un-official photographer of Roman Road. Wedgley Snipes is