Harry da Costa: fighting for street trader rights on Roman Road Market
We meet Harry da Costa, one of Roman Road Market’s most well known characters, who first started trading at the age of
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.
We meet Harry da Costa, one of Roman Road Market’s most well known characters, who first started trading at the age of
Gina’s Closet teamed up with local photographer Sarah Ainslie to create a pavement shoot for dogs and their owners on Roman
‘Sylvia Pankhurst was a really incredible woman, and I wanted to see her story told,’ says Sarah Jackson, so she
The oldest printers in the East End, Arbers & Co on Roman Road, printed for the East London Suffragettes over
We talk to former Roman Road resident, the portrait painter Stuart Pearson Wright, who was inspired by The Roman’s everyday
How John Cooper and the advent of ‘evening classes’ spawned the East London Group of artists who painted the real
David Buckman’s interest in twentieth century art was awakened when, as a freelance journalist, he read a feature about the
Visitors to London make a point of sight-seeing and often know London better than the natives. If you are a
By the time you read this, Arber’s will be gone. WF Arber and Co Ltd printing works, run by three