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Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Christine Joyce Lewis: Bow Headteacher awarded MBE

January 16, 2023January 18, 2023 Jasdev Bhakar 0 Comments News

Christine Joyce Lewis, the former headteacher of Children’s House Nursery School in Bow, has been awarded an MBE for services

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Bill Thornton, retired fishmonger at Billingsgate fish market. Photograph by Pat Wong.
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Tower Hamlets residents celebrated in the 2023 New Year’s Honours list

January 13, 2023January 19, 2023 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Tackling hunger in Tower Hamlets, delivering humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and furthering early years special education are just some of

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Reverend Alan Green on the steps of St John's Church, Bethnal Green.
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Reverend Alan Green leaves St. John on Bethnal Green church after 24 years

December 15, 2022December 22, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

Reverend Green’s Christmas Day sermon will be the last he gives to the congregation he has served for nearly a

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Cuddling the dog - a window into canal boats on Regent's Canal, by photographer Rose Palmer
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Companionship on camera: the beauty of everyday interactions in the East End [photoessay]

December 10, 2022December 13, 2022 George Hayes 0 Comments Photoessays

Moments of intimacy between East Enders are captured in these warm everyday interactions. Our everyday lives are populated by intimate

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Kirk Whitelock standing outside a boxing ring in Aberfeldy Boxing Club in Poplar, East London
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Aberfeldy Boxing Club in final three for prestigious London sports award

November 25, 2022December 13, 2022 Victoria Miller 0 Comments News

The award celebrates unsung heroes who are bringing sport to under-represented groups and improving lives through physical activity.  East End’s

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author Jean Fullerton with her parents in 1958, Globe Town, East London
Cockney Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Jean Fullerton: ‘The Queen of the East End’

October 14, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

The Queen of the East End turns from saga fiction to memoir, transporting readers to the gritty reality of Cockney

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Roony Keefe and Jason Balfourth, hosts of Couple of Dads podcast, holding their babies
Cultural heritage Life and living Local News 

Couple of Dads podcast: Fatherhood in the East End uncensored

October 10, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments News

From spitting bars to running baths: Bow Grime director and content creator embrace fatherhood with launch of new podcast. Roman

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The number 8 bus in rainbow colours, to support pride month 2015
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Fifty years of Pride in Tower Hamlets: How have we changed as a society?

June 26, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

We celebrate the fifty year anniversary of Pride by looking back at how the LGBT+ movement changed Tower Hamlets’ queer

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A street party scene with a blue Land Rover next to The Lord Tredegar pub, Mile End, East London
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

What an East End street party looks like [photo essay]

June 13, 2022December 19, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Features

Take a look at last weekend’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations around the Roman, full of cake, bunting, music, drinks and smiles.

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Life and living Lifestyle Local 

Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee Weekend: How will you be celebrating?

May 20, 2022December 13, 2022 Panayiota Demosthenous 0 Comments Guides

The first weekend of June marks Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and it’s no surprise that the East End is embracing

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Emma Tarbard, manager of The Florist Arms, Globe Road, Globe Town, Bethnal Green, East London.
Eating & drinking Life and living Local 

The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life

April 25, 2022December 13, 2022 Polly Nash 0 Comments Features

‘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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Kasper, the much loved cat at Coborn Arms, Bow, who died on New Year's Eve 2022.
Cultural heritage Life and living Local 

Bow residents mourn the loss of Kasper, The Coborn pub cat

January 11, 2022December 14, 2022 Atiya Chowdhury 0 Comments News

Kasper, The Coborn pub cat, brought smiles to Bow for over a year but as locals mourn his death, the

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