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Cultural heritage

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.

Arts Cultural heritage Local 

Artist Kay Kanté: Swapping law books for canvases

May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 104 Views 0 Comments Features

Kay Kanté’s ordinary scene paintings of the area are being shown at The Brady Art Gallery, and has led her

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Emma Tarbard, manager of The Florist Arms, Globe Road, Globe Town, Bethnal Green, East London.
Culture Food & drink Local Pubs, bars & clubs 

The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Polly Nash 1069 Views 0 Comments Features

‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub

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Buying underwear on Roman Road Market, 1999.
Cockney Cultural heritage Local 

What Cockney rhyming slang for money endures in the East End?  

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Polly Nash 252 Views 2 Comments Features

We put it to the people of East London to find out whether Cockney rhyming slang for money can survive

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A woman with designer handbag in front of graffiti shop shutters, Roman Road, Bow, East London.
Photography by Capella Jolie Buncher © Social Streets CIC
Cockney Cultural heritage Local 

Why people are coming to Roman Road for the Big Beauty look

April 10, 2022April 12, 2022 Victoria Miller 224 Views 0 Comments Features

Big hair, strong brows, deep tans, long talons; more is more when it comes to beauty on Roman Road. Less

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Painting of the Roman Road at night by Jock McFadyen
Roman Road by Jock McFadyen
Arts Cultural heritage Local 

Jock McFadyen: the ever-changing East End

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 Polly Nash 141 Views 0 Comments Features

Jock McFayden’s vistas of the East End are on display at the Royal Academy, depicting the transformation of our neighbourhood’s

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Bow sculpture ar Bow Roundabout
Cockney Cultural heritage Local 

What are you called if you’re from Bow?

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Polly Nash 1007 Views 0 Comments Features

Putting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that

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Malplaquet House at night, Mile End, East London
Picture courtesy of Mira Connolly.
Arts Cultural heritage Local 

Artist Mira Connolly: Colouring in Bow

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Victoria Miller 209 Views 0 Comments Features

We spoke to artist Mira Connolly on capturing Bow at night and why working with less colour enhances her art.

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The Kray twins in their boxing days
Ronnie (left) and Reggie Kray during their amateur boxing days
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

The unrelenting lure of the Kray twins: Jacky Hyams on separating East End truth from folklore

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Polly Nash 204 Views 0 Comments Features

In her new book, Vicious, Elegant Bastards, Hyams delves into the murky world of the notorious Kray twins and the

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The plan for Victoria Park, designed by James Pennethorne.
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

Sir James Pennethorne: the story behind the architect of the ‘People’s Park’

February 18, 2022February 22, 2022 Zoe Dowsett 330 Views 0 Comments Features

Creating a park for the community: how Sir James Pennethorne, one London’s most revered architects, was given the role of

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East London's bustling Roman Road Market in 1968
Back slang was common in East End markets in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Cockney Cultural heritage Local 

The history of back slang: the covert language of the East End

January 28, 2022February 24, 2022 Zoe Dowsett 264 Views 1 Comment Features

Think Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,

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Group of Dr Barnardo's children outside 48 Copperfield Road, Mile End, East London.
Group of Dr Barnardo's children outside 48 Copperfield Road, Mile End, East London.
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

The History of Copperfield Road Ragged School

January 23, 2022January 21, 2022 Polly Nash 250 Views 1 Comment Features

Copperfield Road Ragged school brought universal free education to Mile End in the Victorian era, providing a glimmer of hope

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The Albert public house on the corner of St Stephen's Road and Roman Road in 1987, Bow.
Cultural heritage Heritage Local 

The elusive history of The Albert pub

January 13, 2022January 14, 2022 Atiya Chowdhury 403 Views 1 Comment Features

The Albert pub nestles modestly on the entrance of Roman Road Market offering pints to the thirsty but who knew

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