What would a Christmas be without a beautiful Christmas tree? Cheaper, for a start, but the smell of fresh spruce, pine, and fir is hard to resist once the festive season is in full swing. If you’re stuck for a … Continued
Whether you are the type to start singing Christmas carols and buying gifts in early October or you are more of a Grinch pretending that this jolly season isn’t happening, you can’t avoid the fact that Christmas time is nearly upon … Continued
Since former mayor Boris Johnson boosted the biking boom back in the early 2010s, London’s status as a cycling city is catching up with its European neighbours. But still too few women and people from ethnic minority groups cycle in … Continued
A not so secret society of designer makers is flourishing in East London. It’s called Urban Makers. Building on their personal experiences as artists, local residents and founders Ilka Dickens and Julia Redgrove have built a vibrant creative network where … Continued
Turning into the alley that houses the Nunnery Gallery, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into another century. Until you look up that is. The alley is a Dickensian picture of rusty red brick facades looming over a cobblestone … Continued
To celebrate the publication of a book Modest Living Memoirs of a Cockney Sikh we are sharing one of the Punjabi recipes from the book cooked by Suresh Singh’s wife – a wholesome Kadhi. The book Memoirs of a Cockney … Continued
IKEA teams up with Uber Eats to deliver Swedish meatballs straight to your door in the spirit of the Swedish tradition of Fredagsmys. Have you ever considered travelling five miles across London to satisfy a craving for IKEA’s meatballs, covered … Continued
The secret to the success of Abbott’s Flooring, which has been trading on Roman Road for 130 years, has been to change with the times, swapping rolls of lino for swirly patterned carpet, for laminate flooring. The fourth generation of … Continued
Norah Lyle Smyth was a British suffragette, novelist, photographer and a socialist activist who worked alongside Sylvia Pankhurst on the suffrage movement in Bow, the heartland of the East London Federation of Suffragettes. Smyth is well known for her close … Continued
To many Globe Town is a place you travel through to get to somewhere else, to Bow or Bethnal Green maybe. From the top of the number 8 bus, it’s easy to dismiss Globe Town as somewhere unremarkable. On closer … Continued