The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life
‘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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Culture
Bow residents mourn the loss of Kasper, The Coborn pub cat
Kasper, The Coborn pub cat, brought smiles to Bow for over a year but as locals mourn his death, the
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Victoria Park’s roller-skating revival – photoessay
Roller-skating has brought old and young, beginner and pro skaters together to dance their troubles away in tough times. And
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Reformed criminal Gary Hutton on being a product of a postcode
Gary Hutton, reformed East End criminal from Stepney whose book Product of a Postcode talks of the environmental pressures that can lead to a life of crime, a message he now takes to local schools to help prevent young people from making the same mistakes he did.
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Messages from our spiritual leaders as they reflect on the last year
The light of faith has been so important this year, but that light has shown through in so many ways in our country; acts of kindness to strangers, reconnecting with neighbours, those on the frontline of fighting Covid-19.
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Community spirit shines through this year’s Christmas light displays [photoessay]
We sent local photographer Phil Verney to capture the best Christmas lights around the Roman Road area.
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Memories: from Libra Road to Brodick House
From the outdoor toilets and fireside tin baths of Libra Road, to the brand new high rise flats of Brodick
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Farewell to Percy Ingle, the East End family bakery
As Percy Ingle Bakeries, the 66-year-old East End baking empire, closes its doors, we look back over the company’s history.
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Roman Road’s Best and Brightest: Christmas lights [Photo-essay]
One of our favourite things about Roman Road is how everyone – cafes, shops and houses alike – gets into
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Why the local milk round is enjoying a revival [photoessay]
Trevor Culling is the neighbourhood’s silent and often invisible friend, delivering milk to door steps around Roman Road when the
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Hay, horseshoes, and Trooping the Colour: a morning at Bow Police Stables
The nuts and bolts of a place like Bow Stables are the same now as they would have been a
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Behind the red doors of Bethnal Green Fire Station
They say a busy station is a happy station, and if they’re right Bethnal Green Fire Station on Roman Road
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