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Tower Hamlets Cemetery is surely one of the most idyllic spots in our area. Tucked away behind Mile End tube station, you’ll find a secret realm of nature and, at this time of year, it is resplendent in its spring colours.
The Library of Things, the social enterprise making “borrowing better than buying” in order to create a more sustainable future,
Suryagupta became Chair of the London Buddhist Centre in 2018 to become the organisation’s first ever non-white-male head. She talks
Our photographer-in-residence Rose Palmer’s photo essay documents the whacky, wonderful and downright adorable ways children have been escaping the isolation
Our area has had a long history of female writers and publishers, from the Worker’s Dreadnought of 1914-1924 through to Mary Wollstonecraft who was born down the road in Spitalfields.
The census is a national survey, carried out by the Office of National Statistics, to help them obtain the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales.
As the Suffragettes began to use more radical tactics on their quest to change democracy – the West End was sacked in late 1912 – they started to encounter police repression, who saw them as a ‘threat to national security’.
Facing some of the greatest digital poverty in the country, our local schools, politicians and the council have taken action
Moored up in Hackney Wick is the Floating Church. This barge-come-chapel is run by Reverend Dave Pilkington, a man who
Sporting Bengal United F.C play their football in Mile End Stadium, after being established in 1996 to ‘challenge the underrepresentation of Asians in football’. Team captain Rokib Choudhury and their manager Imrul Gazi speak out about what needs to be done to tackle racism in the game.
Mobin, 22, came to England in October last year after escaping the corrupt government of his native country Iran. His
During the pandemic, there has been a surge in people looking to own dogs. Founder of local dog care company