We say goodbye to the legendary fashion store Zee & Co.
Zee & Co, established in 1984, a much-loved retailer cherished by locals and fashion enthusiasts alike, has sadly closed down,
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Bow Grime music
Screenwriter Theresa Ikoko on her new BBC 3 series: Grime Kids
Theresa Ikoko’s joyous coming-of-age drama celebrates the stories of brotherhood behind Bow’s grime revolution. Growing up in East London in
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Famous grime figures and their roots in Roman Road, Bow E3 (#BowE3)
Defining urban Britain in the noughties, grime music was honed and crafted by the likes of Wiley and Dizzee Rascal
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East London-based drama Top Boy returns to Netflix for Season Five
Critically-acclaimed Top Boy, the East London-based drama about gang culture, returns for a fifth and final season on Netflix, triggering
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Book review: A Quick Ting On: Grime by Franklyn Addo
From anti-social pastime to widely-respected creative art form, Addo’s debut book traces the nationwide reverberations of a music genre born
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Aint Hidin Nuttin: Insights drawn from a life of grime and crime in Bow
How two East London locals are showing the world what it was like to grow up in the Mecca of
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How being an outsider helped Simon Wheatley document grime from the inside
Simon Wheatley is an acclaimed photographer who spent twelve years documenting grime culture. His book Don’t Call Me Urban! spans the years between 1998-2010 and a selection of the photos were displayed recently in Cafe East.
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Key grime figures and their roots in Roman Road, #BowE3
Grime music, the genre which took the British charts by storm in the early noughties, is deeply connected to Roman Road and the surrounding area.
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Album Review: E3 AF by Dizzee Rascal
Dizzee Rascal’s E3 AF (homage to his roots) is the follow up to Raskit, the hard hitting, banger filled album where Dizzee shows those who thought otherwise that he can still bar with the elite.
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Lady Shocker on the evolution of grime culture in Bow and beyond
‘Grime gets people away from a bad place. It gives them a living, something to focus on,’
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‘Grime still gathers’: podcast hosts discuss the local music scene
‘The youth clubs were the element that brought everyone together as part of that MCing culture. So after they started shutting down, everyone sort of drifted,’ laments Gipson.
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‘Eskiboy’ book review – Wiley, Bow’s godfather of grime
The pages of Wiley’s autobiography, Eskiboy, crackles with an energy that is unique to the man dubbed ‘The godfather of
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