Cultural heritage –– Roman Road LDN

The Florist Arms landlady Emma Tarbard: choosing the pub life

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Polly Nash 1178 Views 8 min read

‘It’s in my blood’: Third generation publican Emma Tarbard left university to continue the family trade of East End pub

April 13, 2022April 14, 2022 Polly Nash 407 Views 4 min read

We put it to the people of East London to find out whether Cockney rhyming slang for money can survive

Photography by Capella Jolie Buncher © Social Streets CIC

April 10, 2022April 12, 2022 Victoria Miller 306 Views 9 min read

Big hair, strong brows, deep tans, long talons; more is more when it comes to beauty on Roman Road. Less

Roman Road by Jock McFadyen

March 17, 2022March 18, 2022 Polly Nash 224 Views 5 min read

Jock McFayden’s vistas of the East End are on display at the Royal Academy, depicting the transformation of our neighbourhood’s

March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 Polly Nash 1086 Views 2 min read

Putting it to the residents once and for all: how do the people of Bow define themselves? Everyone knows that

Picture courtesy of Mira Connolly.

March 9, 2022March 9, 2022 Victoria Miller 286 Views 8 min read

We spoke to artist Mira Connolly on capturing Bow at night and why working with less colour enhances her art.

Ronnie (left) and Reggie Kray during their amateur boxing days

March 1, 2022March 1, 2022 Polly Nash 311 Views 6 min read

In her new book, Vicious, Elegant Bastards, Hyams delves into the murky world of the notorious Kray twins and the

February 18, 2022February 22, 2022 Zoe Dowsett 449 Views 5 min read

Creating a park for the community: how Sir James Pennethorne, one London’s most revered architects, was given the role of

Back slang was common in East End markets in the 19th and 20th centuries.

January 28, 2022February 24, 2022 Zoe Dowsett 360 Views 5 min read

Think Cockney rhyming slang was the only covert language of the Victorian-era East End? Introducing back slang, rhyming slang’s lesser-known,

Group of Dr Barnardo's children outside 48 Copperfield Road, Mile End, East London.