Trinidad-born Bow resident Monique Roffey takes us behind the scenes for her latest book, Passiontide
Lured to Bow by the London Buddhist Centre, Monique Roffey has made the East End her sanctuary for activist fiction.
Read moreLured to Bow by the London Buddhist Centre, Monique Roffey has made the East End her sanctuary for activist fiction.
Read moreMabel Lucie Attwell grew up in Mile End before becoming one of Britain’s most beloved children’s illustrators, known for her
Read moreThe East London Art Prize was awarded at Nunnery Gallery last night for work featuring traditional Bengali sweets from local
Read moreFrom glittering karaoke in Cockney boozers to confrontational political satire at community hubs, drag kings and queens are spearheading a
Read moreIn Kat Anderson’s Mark of Cane exhibition at the Nunnery Gallery, repressed memories of plantation labour and furious revolution haunt
Read moreBorn and raised in Bow, the acclaimed filmmaker Isaac Julien known for Looking for Langston (1989) was recently named Whitechapel
Read moreWhile the Olympic legacy is one of controversial developments and displaced communities, John Rogers’ new book celebrates the resilience of
Read more‘To exist is to resist’: new art exhibition depicting the everyday occurrences and ordinary joys of life in occupied Palestine.
Read moreFrom the bombsites of Bow to the international stage, the 82-year-old jazz musician thought her career surprises were over …
Read more‘In times like these, I don’t know how artists live’: the Mile End painter on standing up for artists’ rights
Read moreFunny and poignant, comedian Gina Yashere’s memoir Cack-Handed chronicles her journey from a council estate in Bethnal Green to the
Read moreFour Corners’ latest exhibition documents housing in East London from the Victorian era to the present day, encouraging viewers to
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