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Bengali History Walk at Altab Ali Park

17 November 2021, 2:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Join the Swadhinata Trust to find out more about the lives of people with diverse backgrounds, values and customs. The Banglatown walk and talk is for anybody interested in Bengali Read more…

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Wreath Making at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

27 November 2021, 2:00 pm
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4:30 pm
Join Claire and Suzanna at the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to have a go at the traditional craft of wreath making. Forage your own materials and learn some Read more…

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New Year’s Day at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

1 January 2022, 1:00 pm
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3:00 pm
2022 is almost upon us! Join the team at Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park for a soothing New Year’s Day tour and walk amongst nature. Warm up afterwards with Read more…

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Hannes Schüpbach & Stephen Watts | Explosion of Words

28 January 2022, 10:00 am
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17 April 2022, 4:00 pm
Explosion of Words is a cinematic photo installation, extending frieze-like over 24 metres of the Nunnery Gallery’s gothic walls, celebrating the power of language. The exhibition is open Tuesday – Read more…

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Earth Celebration at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

1 February 2022, 4:00 pm
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1 May 2022, 8:00 pm
Join Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park to Celebrate Earth. Over the course of three evenings this late winter and early spring, join volunteer Mandy and others to connect with nature, the Read more…

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Introduction to Hedgelaying at Tower Hamlets at Cemetery Park

6 February 2022, 9:00 am
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4:00 pm
For all the garden enthusiasts out there wanting to widen their breadth of gardening skills, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is putting on a one-day introductory class to hedgelaying. Hedgelaying is Read more…

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Forest School returns for half term at Cemetery Park

15 February 2022, 10:00 am
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3:00 pm
From child-led outdoor sessions, to bushcraft activities, to free play and relaxation time, give your children (and yourselves) a break this half-term at the Forest School in Cemetery Park. Friends Read more…

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Bow Families: Storytelling and Zine Making Workshop at Bow Arts

27 February 2022, 11:00 am
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1:00 pm
Bow Families is a series of free, drop-in family art workshops that take place on the last Sunday of every month in the Bow Arts Courtyard. These sessions are a Read more…

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Walking tour: W.G. Sebald’s East End

20 March 2022, 1:30 pm
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3:00 pm
Take a journey through the streets of east London, with Stephen Watts and others, seeking out some of the places, spaces and cemeteries cited in W.G. Sebald’s critically acclaimed novel, Read more…

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Bow Families: Create a 3D Paper Mobile at Bow Arts

27 March 2022, 11:00 am
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1:00 pm
Bow Families is a series of free, drop-in family art workshops that take place on the last Sunday of every month in the Bow Arts Courtyard. These sessions are a Read more…

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Green Woodworking at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park

5 April 2022, 10:00 am
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29 July 2022, 9:00 pm
Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is hosting a four-day green woodworking course that will run from Tuesday-Friday (dates and times vary). This short course will teach participants some basic green woodworking Read more…

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Walking performance of the Bibliography of Modern Poetry

13 April 2022, 4:00 pm
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7:00 pm
Stephen Watts and Hannes Schüpbach invite you to accompany them as they walk the four volume Bibliography of Modern Poetry in English Translation from the Nunnery Gallery to its new Read more…