‘From Sylhet to Spitalfields’: Brick Lane author Shabna Begum on Bengali squatters’ fight against racism
Bengali author Shabna Begum speaks about her family’s wrongful eviction and how the squatters movement took up vigilante action. Take
Author: George Hayes
Campaigners call for International Irish Traveller Day to be officially recognised
Campaigners from a steering committee of Irish Travellers have called for an International Irish Traveller Day to protect their way
Mayor Rahman’s budget: anti-austerity triumph or expensive gamble for Tower Hamlets
Lutfur Rahman has unveiled an extraordinary budget to pump £40 million into public services in 2023 alone. But is it
Bobby Moore: The favourite son of the East End who won England the World Cup
Bobby Moore, who captained England to their 1966 World Cup win, went from an East London school playground to Wembley
The essential guide to Victoria Park’s All Points East festival 2023
All Points East returns to Victoria Park in August 2023 with a strong set of headliners and supporting acts that
The People’s Palace: how the ‘Palace of Delights’ in Mile End survived after burning to the ground
The People’s Palace was a utopian playground and education centre for working-class East Enders but burnt down in 1931. How
Explainer: The consultation process for Tower Hamlets Council’s Local Plan 2025
The consultation process for the 2025 Local Plan will give East Enders a say on key decisions in our borough.
Globe Town: the wellbeing mecca of East London
To many Globe Town is a place you travel through to get to somewhere else, to Bow or Bethnal Green
Gove halts plans for MSG Sphere in Olympic Park to become the UK’s largest arena
The MSG sphere, a giant event space, has had plans put on hold after strong opposition from locals and the
Victoria Park to Camden on one line: why an iconic East End station had to shut
Victoria Park Station no longer stands but served as an iconic hub from East to North London for almost a century.
Bethnal Green’s Shamima Begum loses appeal over UK citizenship removal
Shamima Begum, the former Isis bride, has lost an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship and will remain
‘It finally happened’: 8-year-old hit by car in Mile End sparks calls for pedestrian safety improvements
The boy, who attends Malmesbury Primary School, was hit by a car on a busy cycle crossing on Grove Road
