The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Antony Gormley
The evolving art of The Line art walk creates one of East London’s most thought-provoking attractions. Beginning in Queen Elizabeth
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Author: Anna Lamche
Hooked on urban fishing: ‘It’s about being out there, connecting with nature and appreciating life.’
London has long been home to a fishing tradition of its own. Here, local photographers Tom Hains and Ash Gardner capture
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Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss in East London, Book review
A scorching collection of essays, Regeneration Songs is crucial reading for anyone seeking to understand their changing city. Moving through
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Printer’s Paradise: the London Centre for Book Arts
Based in one of London’s fastest-moving tech quarters, the London Centre for Book Arts teaches us that it’s not always
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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 [photoessay]
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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