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Hamiyet and Dilek Alpetkin in Bow, East London
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Bow and Globe Town residents share their experiences of Ramadan

May 12, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 2561 Views 1 Comment Features

Ramadan is underway. To celebrate the occasion we spoke with Muslims in Bow and Globe Town about their experiences of

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Victoria Park Bowls Club clubhouse
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Bowling together – the Victoria Park Bowls Club keeps on rolling

May 4, 2019January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 5160 Views 1 Comment Features

Tucked away on the north edge of Victoria Park in East London there is a bowls club unlike any other.

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Ye Olde Corner Shop in Bow, East London
Photographs by Massimo Iannetti
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Lights in the darkness – the corner shops of Bow [photoessay]

April 10, 2019January 14, 2022 Massimo Iannetti 8546 Views 1 Comment Galleries

Corner shops are one of the staples of city life, their owners the unsung heroes of convenience shopping. Here, local

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Sue Kreitzman Women's day Bow
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Talking to local women Q&A: Living here today

March 9, 2019January 14, 2022 Natasha Forrest 3151 Views 2 Comments Features

International Women’s Day was this week, and we love an excuse to dive into local women’s lives and find out

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Boxer Ollie Patterson in his corner before his fight against Harry Matthews at York Hall
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Blood and solidarity at York Hall boxing [photoessay]

February 20, 2019February 25, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 14396 Views 3 Comments Galleries

The main event is ringside at York Hall boxing. You’d do well to find a more varied cross section of

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A man praying at the Bow Muslim Community Centre
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

God on the high street: the adaptive beauty of shopfront mosques

February 6, 2019January 14, 2022 Eddie Blake 1959 Views 0 Comments Features

Architect and local resident Eddie Blake examines how mosque traditions are being shaped to fit on the high street, wedding

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Urban Makers founders Ilka Dickens and Julia Redgrove
Cultural heritage Culture Local Voices 

Urban Makers, flying the flag for East London designer-maker markets

November 22, 2018January 14, 2022 Frederick O'Brien 4083 Views 0 Comments Features

Urban Makers’ moral core goes beyond community. Goods must be made ethically and sustainably if possible, and have an environmental conscience. Members are discouraged from using plastic wrapping, and encouraged to use biodegradable packaging.

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© Anton Rodriguez
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Anton Rodriguez looks inside Bow Quarter [photoessay]

September 14, 2018January 14, 2022 April Kosky 9041 Views 1 Comment Galleries

Photographer Anton Rodriguez, the genius behind the Residents: Inside the Barbican project, takes a look at the interior of some of

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Photograph of coloured mural on the East London Mosque
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Local students talk about what Ramadan means to them today

May 11, 2018January 14, 2022 April Kosky 1920 Views 0 Comments Features

It is the start of Ramadan this week. To many it is known as a month of fasting but, like

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Band of crooners, piano in pub. Image from Last of the Old Crooners, Palm Tree pub by Tom Oldham
The Last of the Crooners © Tom Oldham
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Last of the Crooners at the Palm Tree pub [photoessay]

April 18, 2018January 14, 2022 April Kosky 2891 Views 0 Comments Galleries

Tom Oldham’s Last of the Crooners photographic exhibition is a sensational look at the crooners of The Palm Tree public

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The alleyway outside the Nunnery Gallery and Carmelite Cafe in Bow, East London.
The alleyway outside the Nunnery Gallery and Carmelite Cafe in Bow, East London.
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Do your bit to document the East End

March 21, 2018January 14, 2022 April Kosky 1252 Views 0 Comments News

Sensing Place: Mapping Memory in the East End is a crowdsourcing project that gathers people’s photographs of Tower Hamlets for

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Bishop of Stepney leading the installation service for new St Paul's vicar James Hughesdon
Bishop of Stepney leading the installation service for new St Paul's vicar James Hughesdon
Cultural heritage Culture Local 

Installation of new Vicar at St Paul’s Church

March 15, 2015January 14, 2022 Tabitha Stapely 1574 Views 0 Comments News

As of Saturday (Jan 11th 2015), St Paul’s Church on Roman Road has a new vicar in the young Reverend

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