Market trader Rosie Smyth: How a near-death experience gave her a lust for life and trading on the Roman
The once thronging street markets of east London have seen a dramatic decline in foot traffic over the years, but
Author: Imogen Garfinkel
The Pearly Queen of Islington, Phyllis Broadbent, visits the Roman for pie n’ mash at G Kelly’s
As the oldest Pearly Queen in Britain, 96-year-old Phyllis Broadbent is glamorously shouldering a historic East End tradition, keeping a
This is Home: Sylvia Difino, an Italian in Mile End
British-Italian artist Sylvia Difino speaks about right-wing populism in Italy, prejudice in the UK post-Brexit, and trying out fasting for
The Common Room: a humble space with an enormous heart just off the Roman
After four years of tireless planning and an £80,000 crowdfunding campaign, The Common Room has re-opened its doors, offering locals
After running The Eleanor Arms for sixteen and a half years, owners Frankie and Lesley say goodbye
The Eleanor Arms in Bow has been serving punters for 150 years, but retiring landlord Frankie Colclough grew the pub
Things to do in Tower Hamlets this spring that will lift the heart
From petting the newborn lambs at Stepney City Farm to foraging for wild food in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park, make
Site of endangered Bethnal Green Mulberry tree could be developed into homes
The London Chest Hospital, once at the heart of a legal dispute over the preservation of an endangered Mulberry Tree,
Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum fights for council recognition
Do you want more control over the future of our area? Roman Road Bow Neighbourhood Forum is looking to expand
Mark of Cane review: A poetic exploration of plantation horror and insurgency
In Kat Anderson’s Mark of Cane exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, repressed memories of plantation labour and furious revolution haunt
Mayor Lutfur Rahman faces a High Court legal battle after scrapping LTNs
A group campaigning to reinstate Low Traffic Neighbourhoods in Bethnal Green will take Mayor Lutfur Rahman to court following his
KO’s Bill Judd: Former world champion kickboxer and lifeline to the East End
‘Boxing has always been an outlet for a lot of working-class kids’: Former world champion kickboxer Bill Judd on martial
Paul Scully MP apologises after calling Tower Hamlets a ‘no-go’ area
Conservative MP Paul Scully has apologised after saying there are ‘no-go areas’ in Tower Hamlets in a discussion about Islamophobia