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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Culture
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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Bow and Globe Town residents share their experiences of Ramadan
Ramadan is underway. To celebrate the occasion we spoke with Muslims in Bow and Globe Town about their experiences of
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Bowling together – the Victoria Park Bowls Club keeps on rolling
Tucked away on the north edge of Victoria Park in East London there is a bowls club unlike any other.
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Lights in the darkness – the corner shops of Bow [photoessay]
Corner shops are one of the staples of city life, their owners the unsung heroes of convenience shopping. Here, local
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Talking to local women Q&A: Living here today
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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Blood and solidarity at York Hall boxing [photoessay]
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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God on the high street: the adaptive beauty of shopfront mosques
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, flying the flag for East London designer-maker markets
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 looks inside Bow Quarter [photoessay]
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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