From Mile End to Masterchef: a pastry chef’s fight for equality
Terri Mercieca on nana’s home cooking, comfort eating, and making the culinary world a better place for the LGBT+ community.
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.
Terri Mercieca on nana’s home cooking, comfort eating, and making the culinary world a better place for the LGBT+ community.
Read moreOut of more than 650 submissions, Kat Anderson’s film installation drawing on the racism of public health and police institutions
Read moreSome say that Cockneys are a dying breed but a new generation of modern Cockneys is showing that the spirit
Read moreChristine Joyce Lewis, the former headteacher of Children’s House Nursery School in Bow, has been awarded an MBE for services
Read moreTackling hunger in Tower Hamlets, delivering humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and furthering early years special education are just some of
Read moreCanal boats, cranes and graffiti: Everyday East End scenes through a local printmaker’s eyes. Most people walking down Mile End
Read moreBow Church has been blitzed, its tower hit by storms and its bells destroyed, so how does it still stand
Read moreReverend Green’s Christmas Day sermon will be the last he gives to the congregation he has served for nearly a
Read moreMoments of intimacy between East Enders are captured in these warm everyday interactions. Our everyday lives are populated by intimate
Read moreServing Roman Road’s market stall holders, shoppers, and residents for 110 years with tea, cake, and its famed thick deli-cut
Read moreWhat goes together better than West Ham & Pie and Mash? Footballer Emerson Palmieri visits G Kelly on the Roman
Read moreThe award celebrates unsung heroes who are bringing sport to under-represented groups and improving lives through physical activity. East End’s
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