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Author: Megan Agnew

Queue outside Cafe East Roman Road, Bow
Eating & drinking Local 

Why everyone is queuing to eat at Cafe East

June 22, 2018October 27, 2022 Megan Agnew 4 Comments Features

It’s very important, at Cafe East, that the tables are 50cm by 55. They were made by owners and brothers-in-law,

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Chef pouring syrup on waffle for brunch Cafe East Roman Road
Eating & drinking Local 

Claire Watts captures Cafe East’s weekend crowd [photoessay]

June 22, 2018February 25, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Photoessays

Since Cafe East opened 18 months ago, it has had weekend queues around the corner. Guest contributor Claire Watts faced

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Archive image of kids on Dace Road Fish Island
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

The fishy tale of Fish Island

June 20, 2018January 14, 2022 Megan Agnew 37 Comments Features

A testimony to its industrial roots, Bow is criss-crossed by rivers, cuts, canals, railways and roads, and right in the

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Sue Kreitzman standing in colourful 50s style kitchen of her home in Bow, East London
Local News Voices 

Why artist Sue Kreitzman made Bow her home

June 19, 2018December 2, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Features

Sue Kreitzman’s CV is almost as colourful as her living room. She funded her college degree by playing her oboe,

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Jack Ramadan in a boxing ring at Factory East, in East London, black and white photography
Local News Voices 

Jack Ramadan: Bow’s boxing club hero

June 13, 2018December 1, 2022 Megan Agnew 5 Comments Features

Jack Ramadan might be a fighting-fit England boxing coach, but it takes a very long time for him to get

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A bottle of Entropia blonde Ale and a bottle of Take Easy Blond lager next to a potted succulent at Symposium on Roman Road, in East London
Family and children Local Shopping 

Best Father’s Day gifts on Roman Road

June 7, 2018December 2, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Features

If you are looking for inspiration about what to get your dad on Father’s Day, you will be surprised what

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Jo Beharia, DIY Queen, in white overalls and holding a paintbrush
Local News Voices 

Jo Behari: Bow’s DIY queen

June 1, 2018January 14, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Features

In 2007, DIY Queen and local resident Jo Behari swapped a desk job for a sledgehammer, and set up the

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Archive image of Bow Suffragettes outside Lord Morpeth Pub
Cultural heritage Local Suffragettes 

Hidden stories revealed: The lesser-known Suffragettes in Bow

May 29, 2018November 29, 2022 Megan Agnew 4 Comments Features

Sylvia Pankhurst is well-known for her contribution to Suffragettes movement while she lived in Bow but who were the other,

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Woman walks down Roman Road Market, East London
Cultural heritage Local News Roman Road Market 

Winners of Roman Road Market photography competition [photoessay]

May 25, 2018February 25, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Photoessays

After weeks of submissions, two judging sessions and hours of deliberation, our panel have decided on the winners of the

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Map of Jewish east London from 1899
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

Old maps of Roman Road, Bow, Globe Town and Mile End [photoessay]

May 17, 2018February 25, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments Photoessays

Our neighbourhood might be home to coffee shops and cycle lanes, but a few hundred years ago it was a

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Daffodils in bloom in Meath Gardens, in East London
Environment Local News 

Petition circulates to open the underpass to Meath Gardens

May 16, 2018January 13, 2022 Megan Agnew 0 Comments News

A local petition has been launched to open the underpass between Meath Gardens, just behind Roman Road in Globe Town,

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