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Author: Panayiota Demosthenous

Classic full english breakfast, with egg, beans, tomatoes, toast and hash browns
Mapps Cafe's full English breakfast. ©Social Streets.
Eating & drinking Local 

The best greasy spoon cafes near Roman Road

August 25, 2022November 29, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 1 Comment Guides

Who doesn’t love a greasy, hearty, proper British cafe breakfast, but what makes a greasy spoon cafe a greasy spoon?

Daniel and Mo from 4Deuce Films, producers of grime documentary Aint Hidin Nuttin.
Bow Grime music Culture Local 

Aint Hidin Nuttin: Insights drawn from a life of grime and crime in Bow

July 21, 2022February 13, 2023 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

How two East London locals are showing the world what it was like to grow up in the Mecca of

a woman leading a workshop in a classroom in Bromley-by-Bow centre, Bow, East London
Bromley-by-Bow Centre is delivering workshops to help people manage budgeting their energy bills. Image courtesy of Bromley-by-Bow Centre
Local Local economy News 

How locals are taking control of energy bills during the cost of living crisis

July 19, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Cost of living, News

With energy bills increasing by 54% since April, local Tower Hamlets residents are taking matters into their own hands. Fuel

Lee Navigation, Hackney Wick, Looking northward from the junction of the Hertford Union Canal.
Lee Navigation, Hackney Wick, Looking northward from the junction of the Hertford Union Canal, the nearest bridge is Carpenters Road.
Culture Heritage Local 

From failure to fame, murder to mooring; the untold history of Hertford Union Canal

July 13, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 1 Comment Features

Victoria Park’s water-filled cohabitor has lived in the East End since 1830, but what stories does the Hertford Union Canal

Man fills boxes with supplies for Bow Fooodbank
Photo courtesy of Bow Foodbank.
Local Local economy News 

Dealing with the cost of living crisis: what help is there and how to get it

July 8, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Cost of living, News

Thanks to Tower Hamlets’ roots in philanthropy, social reform and innovation, help is varied and inventive, from longstanding charitable behemoths

Sandwich on a clear plastic plate from Coffee and Fripes, Roman Road, Bow, East London
Coffee and Fripes recently launched a lunch menu. Image courtesy of Coffee and Fripes
Eating & drinking Local 

The best places to have lunch around Roman Road

July 4, 2022November 29, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

With new cafes and lunch spots popping up on the Roman, we thought that a roundup of best places for

Blue daisy blue tuktuk, parked in Cemetery Park
Emily Brausem and her beloved Blue Daisy tuktuk, in 2021.
Eating & drinking Local 

Blue Daisy: The homegrown pavement patisserie that has blossomed among the flowers in Cemetery Park

June 27, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

Celebrating its one year anniversary we visited Blue Daisy, the patisserie in Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park that everyone loves. We

The number 8 bus in rainbow colours, to support pride month 2015
The number 8 bus with a rainbow makeover, in celebration of pride month 2015.
Culture Life and living Local 

Fifty years of Pride in Tower Hamlets: How have we changed as a society?

June 26, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

We celebrate the fifty year anniversary of Pride by looking back at how the LGBT+ movement changed Tower Hamlets’ queer

A landscape image of the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London
Photo courtesy of the LLDC
Local Local economy News 

Ten years of the Olympic Park: were promises met?

June 20, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments News

We look back at the impact the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has had on the East End, on its tenth

A street party scene with a blue Land Rover next to The Lord Tredegar pub, Mile End, East London
Photo courtesy of Gary Taylor.
Culture Life and living Local 

What an East End street party looks like [photo essay]

June 13, 2022December 19, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

Take a look at last weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations around the Roman, full of cake, bunting, music, drinks and smiles.

Local Shopping 

Best places to buy indoor and garden plants near Roman Road

June 11, 2022November 29, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Guides

With plant shops springing up in the Roman Road area, it seems the potted house plant is our new best

Outside of The Crown pub, Grove Road.
Eating & drinking Local 

The Crown: polishing its crown jewels and back open for business

June 1, 2022February 13, 2023 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments News

The popular park-side Crown pub in Bow reopens after its refurbishment, just four weeks after the project commenced. The beginning

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