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Author: April Kosky

Outside seating at The Crown pub in Bow
Food & drink Lifestyle Local Pubs, bars & clubs 

Best local pubs

February 3, 2020September 4, 2020 April Kosky 3560 Views 0 Comments Reviews 7 min read

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

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Tanya Cracknell aka The Grime Violinist
Photograph by Vicky Chan
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

The Grime Violinist – a one of a kind artist reimagining a genre

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 April Kosky 42911 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

Meet Tanya Cracknell, AKA The Grime Violinist, the classically-trained musician best known for her violin covers of grime tracks.  Cracknell

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© Anton Rodriguez
Culture & communities Local Society 

Anton Rodriguez looks inside Bow Quarter [GALLERY]

September 14, 2018February 27, 2020 April Kosky 8365 Views 1 Comment Galleries 3 min read

Photographer Anton Rodriguez, the genius behind the Residents: Inside the Barbican project, takes a look at the interior of some of

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Cranbrook Estate
Arts & artists Local Society 

The history of the Cranbrook Estate, from slums to utopian post-war housing

September 12, 2018January 2, 2019 April Kosky 5492 Views 6 Comments Features 2 min read

The Cranbrook Estate in Bethnal Green is one of the most important examples of post-war housing design in the area.

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Cultural heritage Local Roman Road Market Society Street markets 

Dawud Marsh looks at Roman Road then and now [GALLERY]

September 3, 2018October 19, 2019 April Kosky 26423 Views 1 Comment Galleries 5 min read

These ‘then and now’ photographs of Roman Road Market, recreating archive images from the 1960s to the 1990s, reveal how

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David Granick East End in Colour Cover
Arts & artists Local Society 

David Granick shows us the East End in Colour

September 2, 2018January 23, 2019 April Kosky 3220 Views 0 Comments Reviews 2 min read

The photobook The East End in Colour is a collection of beautiful photographs of the old East End spanning the

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Cocktails at Chiringuito
Food & drink Lifestyle Local Pubs, bars & clubs 

Chiringuito Spanish beach-bar-style cafe opens in Museum Gardens

August 1, 2018April 4, 2020 April Kosky 2935 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

Spanish beach-bar-style cafe Chiringuito opened yesterday in Bethnal Green’s Museum Gardens. Founder and Director, Alex Dehayen, first had the idea

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Brian Baker tribute on Roman Road
Cultural heritage Local Roman Road Market Society Street markets 

Roman Road Market traders pay tribute to Brian Baker

July 31, 2018May 23, 2019 April Kosky 12660 Views 1 Comment News 1 min read

Roman Road market traders paid tributes to wheelwright Brian Baker who passed away on 25th July. On Saturday a traditional

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Chefs behind the counter of Maybin on Roman Road, East London
Food & drink Lifestyle Local Restaurants & cafes 

Maybin’s offering classic fry ups alongside Balinese smoothie bowls

July 30, 2018April 4, 2020 April Kosky 2012 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

Although it opened only last year, Maybin’s has fast become one of Roman Road’s go-to cafes for East End locals

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Wiley and Dizze, two grime artists, on a wall in front of three blocks of flats in East London, black and white photography
Bow Grime music Cultural heritage Local Society 

Dan Hancox reveals the true story of grime

July 27, 2018January 18, 2019 April Kosky 1977 Views 0 Comments Reviews 1 min read

Dan Hancox, author of Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime, tells the rise of a hyper-local East London sound

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Room with two single beds in the East London Hotel
Lifestyle Local Shopping Travel & hotels 

The East London Hotel to open this Autumn

July 26, 2018October 26, 2018 April Kosky 2684 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

A brand new hotel is coming to our East End this autumn. The East London Hotel opens in October, and

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Hand serving food in the Pavilion cafe in Victoria Park, East London
Food & drink Lifestyle Local Restaurants & cafes 

The best vegan cafes near Roman Road

July 25, 2018April 4, 2020 April Kosky 3683 Views 0 Comments Features 3 min read

Veganism is one of the buzzwords of the day and Roman Road has plenty to offer for vegetarians, vegans, and

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