The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Anthony Gormley
This summer, The Line art walk welcomes a series of new installations to its route, including sculptures by Tracey Emin.
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Author: Anna Lamche
The Rise (and rise!) of the dessert parlour
With the arrival of Sweet Talkers, Roman Road is now home to three dessert parlours. We explore why dessert is
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Tower Hamlets Tennis: ten years of transformative tennis
Tower Hamlets Tennis has changed what was an exclusive, middle-class game into a welcoming sport enjoyed by players from all
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The best places to brunch near Roman Road
Everyone’s favourite meal, we explore the best brunch places our area has to offer. Since the word was first coined
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A cockney holiday: East Ender’s favourite seaside haunts
With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long
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Living in style: inside the Bow flat made beautiful by stylist Wojtek van Portek
Wojtek van Portek, Roman Road’s resident stylist and art director, chats to us about styling his compact home in Bow.
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Stitches, the tailoring business bringing East London’s clothes back to life
Based on Roman Road, Stitches is a small tailoring business gaining a big reputation for bringing East London’s clothes back to life.
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East London art exhibitions open this spring: from Whitechapel to Chisenhale Gallery
As art exhibitions re-open, we explore the best East London’s galleries have to offer, from performance art to painting to immersive sculptural experiences.
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Encounter Bow: celebrating Bow’s diverse community
With Encounter Bow fast approaching, we chat to the festival’s curator, Moi Tran, about Covid-19, archives and the diverse communities
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Top six restaurants for parties of six
Typically an innocuous date, this year the 17th of May marks an important moment in the calendar. As spring turns
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Camera as liberation: the founding of Four Corners and Camerawork
As Four Corners edges towards a full reopening, we glance back over its radical history, inextricable from that of the road it serves.
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The best farmers and food markets in East London
As spring takes hold in East London, we explore the wonderful farmers and food markets the area has to offer.
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