Miles Kane releases new music video, Troubled Son, filmed in the Young Prince on Roman Road
Starring in the video among Kane’s friends and actor James Buckley is landlord Barry Holloway, pulling pints in one of
Culture
Discover arts, culture and heritage
In our Cultural Heritage section we look at what makes our neighbourhood unique. We explore the arts, culture and heritage that have formed our identity, including Bow grime music, the East London Suffragettes and the Cockney heritage.
‘From Sylhet to Spitalfields’: Brick Lane author Shabna Begum on Bengali squatters’ fight against racism
Bengali author Shabna Begum speaks about her family’s wrongful eviction and how the squatters movement took up vigilante action. Take
George Burchett: the tattoo artist from Bow who drew on Kings
George Burchett, known as the ‘King of Tattooists’, lived in Bow in the 1900s and tattooed Kings. His legacy as one of the forerunners of the tattoo industry as it is today survives him and his ink will go down in history.
Bobby Moore: The favourite son of the East End who won England the World Cup
Bobby Moore, who captained England to their 1966 World Cup win, went from an East London school playground to Wembley
Charles Booth’s poverty map of London: where does your street rank?
Charles Booth’s poverty maps have been digitised by the London School of Economics allowing us to compare streets then and
The history of St. Paul’s Bow Common brutalist Church
Breaking the mould: how Bow’s modernist church championed active participation of the people and changed the manner of worship in
The People’s Palace: how the ‘Palace of Delights’ in Mile End survived after burning to the ground
The People’s Palace was a utopian playground and education centre for working-class East Enders but burnt down in 1931. How
The adventures of Norah Smyth: her life as a suffragette, philanthropist and artist
Following exclusive information shared by Norah Smyth’s great nephew writer Jane McChyrstal reveals fascinating new insights into the adventurous life of the elusive suffragette, philanthropist and photographer who dedicated her personal wealth and artistic talent to social justice.
God on the high street: the adaptive beauty of shopfront mosques
Architect and local resident Eddie Blake examines how mosque traditions are being shaped to fit on the high street, wedding
Sourced in Uruguay and made in Mile End: Amy Powney’s dream to create a sustainable fashion collection
A new documentary traces Mother of Pearl designer Amy Powney’s journey from living in a caravan to creating sustainable luxury
Cockney roots: Leanne Black from G Kelly’s pie and mash shop
Though you won’t catch Leanne Black speaking in the Cockney rhyming slang of her childhood, her East End identity is
Artist Ed Gray: painting a tapestry of the East End
From drug dealers in Mile End Park to army cadets and estate agents, Ed Gray’s urban paintings celebrate the grit
