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You are here:Home » Archives for Polly Nash

Author: Polly Nash

Selection of bubble teas at BubbleUpp

Not your normal breakfast brew: Bubble tea takes over the Roman

April 29, 2022April 28, 2022 Polly Nash 128 Views 5 min read

With 15 bubble tea shops in a two-mile radius of Roman Road, discover a world of pure imagination where flavour

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John Biggs pictured with school child in Tower Hamlets

May elections: hear from Mayor John Biggs

April 26, 2022May 4, 2022 Polly Nash 94 Views 8 min read

In the run up to the May elections, we interviewed Labour’s John Biggs, Mayor of Tower Hamlets The local elections

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Emma Tarbard, manager of The Florist Arms, Globe Road, Globe Town, Bethnal Green, East London.

The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Polly Nash 1131 Views 8 min read

‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub

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Loafing coffee crepe shop roman road

East End cafés forced to scale back services due to staff shortages

April 16, 2022April 14, 2022 Polly Nash 135 Views 5 min read

How East London hospitality venues are adapting their businesses to survive the industry’s recruitment crisis. Venues in East London have

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Buying underwear on Roman Road Market, 1999.

What Cockney rhyming slang for money endures in the East End?  

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Polly Nash 349 Views 4 min read

We put it to the people of East London to find out whether Cockney rhyming slang for money can survive

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Baskets of yellow and red cherry tomatoes

The best of Bow’s Victoria Park Market

April 7, 2022April 8, 2022 Polly Nash 3304 Views 6 min read

We’ve compiled a list of our favourite stalls at Victoria Park Market to help you make those difficult decisions and

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Dogbliss shopfront on the Roman Road
Can you spot Villanyi's dogs in the window?

Dogbliss opens on the Roman: a new hub for Bow’s canine community

March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 Polly Nash 204 Views 5 min read

Selling much more than poo bags and pet food, this enterprising dog shop, dog hub and dog deli serves the

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Elif Cinpolat, who makes and sells Turkish gosleme from her stall on Roman Road Market.

A taste of Turkey on the Roman: Elif Cinpolat’s golden gözlemes 

March 28, 2022March 28, 2022 Polly Nash 247 Views 4 min read

Serving up traditional Turkish gözlemes, Cinpolat feels at home on the Roman. If you’ve ever strolled through Roman Road market

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Painting of the Roman Road at night by Jock McFadyen
Roman Road by Jock McFadyen

Jock McFadyen: the ever-changing East End

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 Polly Nash 185 Views 5 min read

Jock McFayden’s vistas of the East End are on display at the Royal Academy, depicting the transformation of our neighbourhood’s

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Bow sculpture ar Bow Roundabout

What are you called if you’re from Bow?

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Polly Nash 1048 Views 2 min read

Putting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that

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The essential guide to Victoria Park’s All Points East festival 2022

March 9, 2022May 26, 2022 Polly Nash 4494 Views 6 min read

With All Points East music festival returning to Victoria Park in August 2022, discover all the headliners and acts to

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Feminist protestors march through street in the snow.
Photographing Protest at Four Corners Gallery

Your Guide to Women’s History Month 2022

March 8, 2022March 8, 2022 Polly Nash 135 Views 7 min read

Women’s History Month is a time for us all to celebrate and learn about the histories, stories and experiences of

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