Anna Lamche, Author at Roman Road LDN

Tracey Emin sculpture, A Moment Without You, at Three Mills, part of The Line art walk

Photo © Angus Mill, courtesy of The Line

The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Antony Gormley

April 28, 2022May 3, 2022 Anna Lamche 516 Views 7 min read

The evolving art of The Line art walk creates one of East London’s most thought-provoking attractions. Beginning in Queen Elizabeth

Camped by the lake, fishing in Victoria Park, East London.

Hooked on urban fishing: ‘It’s about being out there, connecting with nature and appreciating life.’

September 9, 2021February 22, 2022 Anna Lamche 567 Views 8 min read

London has long been home to a fishing tradition of its own. Here, local photographers Tom Hains and Ash Gardner capture

Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss in East London, Book review

September 7, 2021September 17, 2021 Anna Lamche 469 Views 4 min read

A scorching collection of essays, Regeneration Songs is crucial reading for anyone seeking to understand their changing city. Moving through

Simon Goode and Ira Yonemura stand next to a printing press at London Centre Book Arts

Photos by Rose Palmer © Social Streets

Printer’s Paradise: the London Centre for Book Arts

August 31, 2021January 13, 2022 Anna Lamche 719 Views 7 min read

Based in one of London’s fastest-moving tech quarters, the London Centre for Book Arts teaches us that it’s not always

Inside Sweet Talkers dessert parlour on Roman Roadn.

The Rise (and rise!) of the dessert parlour

July 11, 2021July 29, 2021 Anna Lamche 571 Views 5 min read

With the arrival of Sweet Talkers, Roman Road is now home to three dessert parlours. We explore why dessert is

Tower Hamlets Tennis courts, East London.

Tower Hamlets Tennis: ten years of transformative tennis

July 9, 2021January 13, 2022 Anna Lamche 454 Views 4 min read

Tower Hamlets Tennis has changed what was an exclusive, middle-class game into a welcoming sport enjoyed by players from all

A big brunch spread featuring salmon on toast, avocado, yoghurt and a Bloody Mary.

Mae + Harvey, Roman Road

The best places to brunch near Roman Road

June 24, 2021January 12, 2022 Anna Lamche 7650 Views 13 min read

Everyone’s favourite meal, we explore the best brunch places our area has to offer. Since the word was first coined

Walton on the Naze seaside destination in Essex.

A cockney holiday: East Ender’s favourite seaside haunts

June 20, 2021January 14, 2022 Anna Lamche 715 Views 9 min read

With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long

Sitting with his schnauzer, stylist Wojtek van Portek in his Bow home.

Photos by Rose Palmer © Social Streets

Living in style: inside the Bow flat made beautiful by stylist Wojtek van Portek

June 11, 2021January 14, 2022 Anna Lamche 720 Views 9 min read

Wojtek van Portek, Roman Road’s resident stylist and art director, chats to us about styling his compact home in Bow.

Mehmet Alpetkin stands at counter in Stitches; Hamiyet and Dilek sew behind him

Stitches, the tailoring business bringing East London’s clothes back to life

June 2, 2021January 13, 2022 Anna Lamche 594 Views 6 min read

Based on Roman Road, Stitches is a small tailoring business gaining a big reputation for bringing East London’s clothes back to life.

Black and White photographs line the walls of the Maureen Paley Gallery

East London art exhibitions open this spring: from Whitechapel to Chisenhale Gallery [photoessay]

May 21, 2021February 25, 2022 Anna Lamche 838 Views 11 min read

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.

Encounter Bow 2021's poster, featuring a building, a parrot and a plant

Encounter Bow: celebrating Bow’s diverse community

May 14, 2021January 13, 2022 Anna Lamche 628 Views 5 min read

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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