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Two women dressed in red with white headdressings stand in front of industrial Stratford, while war planes fly overhead The Secrets of the Homefront Girls

Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson – ‘beauty was their duty’

July 3, 2021January 13, 2022 Citizen Journalist 381 Views 4 min read

A love letter to East London, The Secrets of the Homefront Girls shows how everyone counts whatever their gender, class

The old Four Corners headquarters at 113 Roman Road

Photos by Four Corners ©

Camera as liberation: the founding of Four Corners and Camerawork

May 6, 2021January 14, 2022 Anna Lamche 448 Views 6 min read

As Four Corners edges towards a full reopening, we glance back over its radical history, inextricable from that of the road it serves.

Palm Tree pub, , painting by artist Marc Gooderman

Artist Marc Gooderham’s East End: ‘How can I make that street corner sing?’

March 24, 2021January 13, 2022 Evie Breese 596 Views 5 min read

We spoke to artist Marc Gooderham on the nostalgia of our favourite East End haunts, and what makes a place

Ifti Lafit in Victoria Park against the sunset that inspired his lockdown poem

At least the weather’s good: a lockdown poem from Iftikhar Latif

January 12, 2021January 14, 2022 Tom McGhie 499 Views 1 min read

Ifti Latif is a local poet, who wrote a poem inspired by lockdown last summer. As the winter months take hold and people look for some positivity in the current climate, he has chosen to share his work which he hopes will ‘be something nice to think about, especially as we enter January’.

Covre of Th Little History of the East end by Dee Gordon

Book review: The Little History of the East End

December 19, 2020January 14, 2022 Tabitha Potts 466 Views 4 min read

It’s very impressive how much careful research and detail Gordon manages to include while covering such a long period of history and making it short, readable and entertaining.

Doing the crossword - a window into canal boats on Regent's Canal, by photographer Rose Palmer

Canal boat windows. Photography by Rose Palmer

Barge portraits: A window into life on the Regent’s canal [photoessay]

December 3, 2020January 13, 2022 Siva Thangarajah 2602 Views 4 min read

I wanted to capture intimate scenes of people’s autumn evenings on the boats.

Harry and the Chicks’ new single ‘Bow Church’ captures the beauty of Bow

November 21, 2020January 14, 2022 Siva Thangarajah 2372 Views 2 min read

‘I come from a typically working-class, East End family,’ she says. So when I was young, I remember going with my mum to the market on a Saturday. And I distinctly remember what a social atmosphere it was here. How people on the streets would talk to each other.’

Tim Boddy with his leaf artwork designed during lockdown

Local artist’s ‘anthotype’ prints are made using plants from local parks

October 12, 2020October 14, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 2235 Views 7 min read

Flipping through those pages, he shares a realisation he had recently. ‘Actually, these prints ended up being a strange lockdown diary of sorts. Because I can remember little things I did the day I made each print.’

Reaching Out statue by Thomas J Price,of a black woman on her phone, The Art Line.

Reaching Out by Thomas J Price, The Art Line

First statue of black woman by black artist at Three Mills Green

September 12, 2020September 14, 2020 Siva Thangarajah 2055 Views 2 min read

The circular patch of Three Mills Green by the historic Clock Mill is the site of a public art installation that is historic in its own right. It is one of the first few sculptures of a black woman in the UK and the first such statue by a black artist.

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