The History of Copperfield Road Ragged School
Copperfield Road Ragged school brought universal free education to Mile End in the Victorian era, providing a glimmer of hope
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Heritage
The elusive history of The Albert pub
The Albert pub nestles modestly on the entrance of Roman Road Market offering pints to the thirsty but who knew
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Memories and experiences of Clara Grant’s Farthing Bundles
Farthing bundles and bombsites: three people speak of their experiences of receiving Clara Grant’s farthing bundles. East End legend and
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The Arena, Mile End: a local boxing arena where legends were made
Gone but not forgotten: The Arena in Mile End was a short-lived but vital part of the East End’s boxing
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The Blitz Bus by Glen Blackwell book review
We’ve enlisted the help of four local school children to unpack the fictional world of 1940’s wartime Britain as portrayed
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Grove Hall Park: a concealed green space with a concealed history
Once the site of a lunatic asylum and then brought to fame by Charles Dickens, Grove Hall Park is a
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Book review: ‘The Graves of Whitechapel’ by Claire Evans
Our book reviewer Tabitha Potts delves into The Graves of Whitechapel, a historical crime thriller that follows a barrister’s intricate
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Sir Charles Morgan: The history behind Bow’s Welsh connection
What does an industrial town in south Wales, a Welsh aristocrat, and Bow all have in common? The answer is
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Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham review – the body count mounts in Mile End
Our reviewer Tabitha Potts casts her eyes over Vicky Newham’s debut murder mystery Turn a Blind Eye, twisting and turning
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Meet Chris Ross, the East End poet keeping Cockney culture young
We talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in
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A cockney holiday: East Ender’s favourite seaside haunts
With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long
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Inside the Stepney Union Workhouse, home to East London’s poorest children
Citizen journalist Kate Rutland dives into the records of the Stepney Union Workhouse to unearth the lives of the pauper
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