Local life, culture and things to do

Trinidad-born Bow resident Monique Roffey takes us behind the scenes for her latest book, Passiontide

Lured to Bow by the London Buddhist Centre, Monique Roffey has made the East End her sanctuary for activist fiction.

The Matchgirls Strike of 1888 is being celebrated with a weeklong exhibition in Parliament, facilitated by a union leader, our

Council officers say Fabwick in Hackney Wick is already operating as a late-night bar in breach of their current license

Bow mum of two, Mondana Boustani, has started a petition urging the council to ‘take immediate steps’ in tackling dangerous

More than 200 people have signed a petition stating that the commercialisation of Victoria Park has ‘gone too far’, although

Mabel Lucie Attwell grew up in Mile End before becoming one of Britain’s most beloved children’s illustrators, known for her

In the old East End, two communities seen as insular rubbed shoulders and mixed language to produce what we can

On June 6 2025, Victoria Park will become home to the two-weekend-long LIDO Festival, the latest addition to the park’s

V&A East Storehouse is Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park’s latest addition, where visitors can discover everything from vintage Dior to a

Tower Hamlets Slice’s eighth print edition celebrates the East End’s rich food heritage and is packed with ideas on how

Camden’s Jazz Cafe has set its sights on Stratford High Street, transforming an old East London theatre and inspiring hopes

The Bourbon diner has quietly become a favourite haunt for burger lovers, cheesesteak aficionados and whiskey (that’s with an ‘e’)