What are you called if you’re from Bow?
Putting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that
Read MorePutting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that
Read MoreIn her new book, Vicious, Elegant Bastards, Hyams delves into the murky world of the notorious Kray twins and the
Read MoreThink Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,
Read MoreWe talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in
Read MoreWith foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long
Read MoreEver fallen down the ‘apples and pears’? Have you had your ‘barnet’ chopped recently? Called a mate on the old
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreThe 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?
Read MoreLocal resident José’s photography project ‘Faces of West Ham’ records the faces, emotions and passion of The Hammers.
Read More‘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.
Read MoreTabitha Potts reviews My Dad, the Guv’nor, Kelly McLean’s autobiography about growing up as the daughter of Lenny McLean, the
Read MoreThe Kray twins worked hard for their infamy. The East End gangsters were behind all manner of murder, armed robbery,
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