Artist Kay Kanté: Swapping law books for canvases
Kay Kanté’s ordinary scene paintings of the area are being shown at The Brady Art Gallery, and has led her
Read moreIn 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.
Kay Kanté’s ordinary scene paintings of the area are being shown at The Brady Art Gallery, and has led her
Read more‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub
Read moreWe put it to the people of East London to find out whether Cockney rhyming slang for money can survive
Read moreBig hair, strong brows, deep tans, long talons; more is more when it comes to beauty on Roman Road. Less
Read moreJock McFayden’s vistas of the East End are on display at the Royal Academy, depicting the transformation of our neighbourhood’s
Read morePutting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that
Read moreWe spoke to artist Mira Connolly on capturing Bow at night and why working with less colour enhances her art.
Read moreIn her new book, Vicious, Elegant Bastards, Hyams delves into the murky world of the notorious Kray twins and the
Read moreCreating a park for the community: how Sir James Pennethorne, one London’s most revered architects, was given the role of
Read moreThink Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,
Read moreCopperfield Road Ragged school brought universal free education to Mile End in the Victorian era, providing a glimmer of hope
Read moreThe Albert pub nestles modestly on the entrance of Roman Road Market offering pints to the thirsty but who knew
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