The history of back slang: the covert language of the East End
Think Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,
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Think Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,
We talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in
With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long
Ever fallen down the ‘apples and pears’? Have you had your ‘barnet’ chopped recently? Called a mate on the old
The exact origin of ‘Knees up Mother Brown’ is unknown, but by the 1800s it had become a popular song in East End pubs and bars.
The Pearly Kings and Queens are a famous symbol of cockney culture and the second oldest charity in London, but what’s the real story behind the Pearl monarchy? How are they still spreading the original Pearly message? And how much do the suits really weigh?
Local resident José’s photography project ‘Faces of West Ham’ records the faces, emotions and passion of The Hammers.
‘This boy has been beaten by beasts’ are the first words in Krays: the Final Word, spoken by a Thames Court magistrate investigating the assault on a boy called Roy Harvey who was allegedly beaten with chains by the Kray Twins and their friend Patrick Aucott in Mare Street, Hackney.
Tabitha Potts reviews My Dad, the Guv’nor, Kelly McLean’s autobiography about growing up as the daughter of Lenny McLean, the
The Kray twins worked hard for their infamy. The East End gangsters were behind all manner of murder, armed robbery,
Flowery dress. Red toenails. Bleached blonde hair. Linda Calvey, 71, doesn’t exactly scream East London gangster when we meet on
The Double R Club was a notorious night-club on Bow Road named after and owned by the former gangsters, the