Colourful characters of Roman Road [photoessay]
Capturing Roman Road and its colourful characters, local photographer Andrew Leo documents the East End faces of our beloved Roman
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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.
Capturing Roman Road and its colourful characters, local photographer Andrew Leo documents the East End faces of our beloved Roman
Local photographer Andrew Leo has made it his mission to capture the faces of our beloved Roman Road in Bow
We talk to local photographer Andrew Leo about the Postcode Project, his foray into a less commercial and more personal
Born in 1847 and rising to fame as a political activist in the mid-late 1800s, Annie Besant was a key
East End legend and Bow resident, Clara Grant’s Farthing Bundles helped put a smile on the face of thousands of
Few people realise that Bow is the heartland of Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Within 100 metres
The OAP Geezers club in E3, aka the Bow Geezers, are launching a cheeky nude calendar to raise awareness of disappearing pubs in East
Photojournalist David Hoffman has spent more than 40 years photographing the happenings on the streets of London, with a particular
A video made in Victoria Park 12 months ago, which asks local runners intimate questions while they are running, has
We find out what happens inside Bow Garage and talk to Allen Staines about how life as a number 8
The Cafe Crawl (part of Photomonth) on Roman Road is showing rarely seen photos from renown local photojournalist David Hoffman.
Norman Grove’s annual street party celebrated its links with Sylvia Pankhurst’s Suffragettes with a Suffragette-themed day of festivities. Norman Grove,