MSG Sphere in Olympic Park: exciting music venue or unwelcome blob?
The campaign against the MSG Sphere planned for Stratford Olympic Park reaches new heights but other residents are keen to
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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.
The old Bow Baths and Washhouse from bathing to Suffragette meetings
From bathing to boxing, and political rallies to illegal parties, we delve into the history behind, and events that took
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Lotte Wubben-Moy: Bow to Arsenal, America to the Tokyo Olympics, and home again
From starting the first girl’s football team at Olga Primary School to representing Great Britain at the Olympics, local resident
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Hooked on urban fishing: ‘It’s about being out there, connecting with nature and appreciating life.’
London has long been home to a fishing tradition of its own. Here, local photographers Tom Hains and Ash Gardner capture
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Regeneration Songs: Sounds of Investment and Loss in East London, Book review
A scorching collection of essays, Regeneration Songs is crucial reading for anyone seeking to understand their changing city. Moving through
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Suffragette Fanny Wilkinson: the UK’s first female landscape gardener who designed Meath Gardens
Fanny Wilkinson designed 75 of London’s green spaces, including our very own Meath Gardens. Citizen Journalist Kate Rutland explores her life
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Printer’s Paradise: the London Centre for Book Arts
Based in one of London’s fastest-moving tech quarters, the London Centre for Book Arts teaches us that it’s not always
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East End Born and Bled by Jeff Jones – ‘a fascinating history of London boxing’
Our resident reviewer Tabitha Potts dives into this fantastic book charting the lives, day-jobs and backgrounds of East End fighters
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Victoria Park by Gemma Reeves book review – touching and tasting East London
This debut novel by Gemma Reeves is a dreamy montage of lives connected by delight in the small things while
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The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Anthony Gormley
This summer, The Line art walk welcomes a series of new installations to its route, including sculptures by Tracey Emin.
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Your Home Made Perfect architect Julian McIntosh on bringing a derelict Bow church back to life
BBC Two’s Your Home Made Perfect architect Julian McIntosh tells us how he was inspired to make Holy Trinity Bow
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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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