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Author: George Hayes

Bengali children standing outside of a house in the East End.
Image courtesy of the George Padmore Institute and Darcus Howe Legacy.
Art and artists Culture 

‘From Sylhet to Spitalfields’: Brick Lane author Shabna Begum on Bengali squatters’ fight against racism

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Features

Bengali author Shabna Begum speaks about her family’s wrongful eviction and how the squatters movement took up vigilante action. Take

A group of Irish Travellers sat and stood at the back of a traditional carriage.
Local Local democracy News 

Campaigners call for International Irish Traveller Day to be officially recognised

April 5, 2023April 6, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

Campaigners from a steering committee of Irish Travellers have called for an International Irish Traveller Day to protect their way

Front of Tower Hamlets Council's Town Hall with its clock and ten windows looking out.
Tower Hamlets Town Hall in Whitechapel. Photo credit: Rich Mix, London
Local Local economy News 

Mayor Rahman’s budget: anti-austerity triumph or expensive gamble for Tower Hamlets

March 31, 2023April 11, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features, News

Lutfur Rahman has unveiled an extraordinary budget to pump £40 million into public services in 2023 alone. But is it

East Ender Bobby Moore being congratulated by Queen Elizabeth II.
History & nostalgia Local 

Bobby Moore: The favourite son of the East End who won England the World Cup

March 30, 2023April 13, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments Features

Bobby Moore, who captained England to their 1966 World Cup win, went from an East London school playground to Wembley

Local Out & About Victoria Park What's on 

The essential guide to Victoria Park’s All Points East festival 2023

March 26, 2023April 19, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features

All Points East returns to Victoria Park in August 2023 with a strong set of headliners and supporting acts that

Recreated: the outside of the Great Hall of the People's Palace from 1930.
A recreation of the People's Palace from the 1930s containing the Great Hall. Photo credit: Queen Mary University of London.
History & nostalgia Local 

The People’s Palace: how the ‘Palace of Delights’ in Mile End survived after burning to the ground

March 25, 2023March 26, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features

The People’s Palace was a utopian playground and education centre for working-class East Enders but burnt down in 1931. How

Residents' hub inside Whitechapel Town Hall, the office of Tower Hamlets Council as of 2023.
Residents' Hub in Whitechapel Town Hall: Accessible on the ground floor. Photo courtesy of Tower Hamlets Council.
Local Local democracy News 

Explainer: The consultation process for Tower Hamlets Council’s Local Plan 2025

March 14, 2023March 16, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

The consultation process for the 2025 Local Plan will give East Enders a say on key decisions in our borough.

London Buddhist Centre in East London with prayer flags
Local Out & About Places to visit 

Globe Town: the wellbeing mecca of East London

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 George Hayes 4 Comments Guides

To many Globe Town is a place you travel through to get to somewhere else, to Bow or Bethnal Green

Artist's impression of the MSG Sphere in Stratford.
Artist's impression of the MSG Sphere in Stratford.
Environment Local News 

Gove halts plans for MSG Sphere in Olympic Park to become the UK’s largest arena

March 3, 2023March 25, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

The MSG sphere, a giant event space, has had plans put on hold after strong opposition from locals and the

Old Victoria Park station front of the bulding in black and white.
Culture History & nostalgia Local Victoria Park 

Victoria Park to Camden on one line: why an iconic East End station had to shut

February 24, 2023April 18, 2023 George Hayes 1 Comment Features

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 wearing a cap for a headshot photo on a white background. She has a silver nose piercing, red hair and a white top.
Incidents Local News 

Bethnal Green’s Shamima Begum loses appeal over UK citizenship removal

February 22, 2023March 1, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

Shamima Begum, the former Isis bride, has lost an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship and will remain

Man on his bike using the poorly marked cycle crossing coming onto Lichfield Road from busy Grove Road, site of the accident.
'It finally happened': Christoph Jankowski on his son being hit by a car on Grove Road (via Twitter)
Incidents Local News 

‘It finally happened’: 8-year-old hit by car in Mile End sparks calls for pedestrian safety improvements

February 17, 2023February 22, 2023 George Hayes 0 Comments News

The boy, who attends Malmesbury Primary School, was hit by a car on a busy cycle crossing on Grove Road

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