Roman Road Trust launches campaign to prevent loss of yet another Roman Road shop
Roman Road Trust, the citizen-led urban regeneration group, has launched a campaign to prevent a shop in a prime high street
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Society
Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Roman Road’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity, including Bow grime music, the East London Suffragettes, East End and Cockney, and British Bangladeshi; and what we are passionate about, from philanthropic initiatives to campaigns to save our heritage and the environment.
Roman Road provides inspiration for fashion shoot
Angular high rise estates, colourful shop fronts, graffiti-covered doorways and graphic 60s tiling. Local fashion photographer Leanne Bebbington has drawn
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Petition to save Guardian Angel School from closure
Parents have started a petition to keep the Guardian Angels Roman Catholic Primary School in Mile End from closing. After
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Recycle your resolutions: local pledges for global issues
2020 has already been called by many “the year of climate action”. This month environmental correspondent Lizzy Mace shows how
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‘Eskiboy’ book review – Wiley, Bow’s godfather of grime
The pages of Wiley’s autobiography, Eskiboy, crackles with an energy that is unique to the man dubbed ‘The godfather of
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Meet the ethical designer creating an alternative to fast fashion
Lottie Lee-Gough, 31, hasn’t bought any new clothes in a year. As soon as she could successfully make clothes herself
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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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Why the local milk round is enjoying a revival
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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Mercston: debut album and the camaraderie of Bow’s grime scene
Mercston is preparing to drop a debut album 15 years in the making. He has been at the heart of
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Bow Liveable Street Workshops: What was said and what happens next
Missed the recent Liveable Street workshops? These sell-out events got everyone talking about the best way to address rat-running and
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Portrait: former food bank user on the plight of the homeless
Ronnie Whelan, 54, is searching for himself. A one-time user of the Bow Foodbank, he has volunteered there for ten
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Luminor Sign Co paints Time Out’s Christmas cover
You may have spotted this week’s Time Out London magazine when you were out and about in London – perhaps
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