Out of the Ashes by Vicky Newman book review
Themes of immigration, gentrification and belonging are central to Vicky Newman’s second book featuring Detective Inspector Maya Rahman. ‘Out of
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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.
A greener and cleaner Mile End Park
The green crusader who has single-handedly cleared almost 170 bags of rubbish from Mile End Park on his dawn raids
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The first independent magazine for Tower Hamlets launched
The Slice magazine gives Tower Hamlets a long-overdue media presence with lifestyle and cultural content that celebrates its diverse community.
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The Story Behind the Smile: meet Patty Heaven’s Deslyn Marks
How Deslyn Marks’ Jamaican ‘country girl’ roots and illustrious nursing career in the Middle East have turned her sunny yellow
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The Arena, Mile End: a local boxing arena where legends were made
Gone but not forgotten: The Arena in Mile End was a short-lived but vital part of the East End’s boxing
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The Blitz Bus by Glen Blackwell book review
We’ve enlisted the help of four local school children to unpack the fictional world of 1940’s wartime Britain as portrayed
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Ambrose Walk Community Garden: how one estate in Bow transformed their landscape into a perfect pocket park
Inspired by the produce and cultural heritage of the local community, Ambrose Walk courtyard in Bow has been transformed from
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Rock Against Racism: the concert in Victoria Park that united a nation
Victoria Park was witness to one of the biggest anti-racism campaigns of the century, combining the decade’s energy for punk
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Book review: ‘The Nature Seed’ by Lucy Jones and Kenneth Greenway
With help from The Nature Seed, our book reviewer Helen Simms discovers the joy of looking, connecting, and bonding with
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The Bloody Bishop Bonner of London
Ghostly sightings of Bloody Bonner, a Catholic Bishop of London who burnt almost 300 Protestants at the stake, haunt our
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Local residents confused and concerned as Idea Store Café in Bow is yet to reopen
Regular visitors of the Idea Store in Bow have voiced concerns over the library café’s future, with many worried that
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Grove Hall Park: a concealed green space with a concealed history
Once the site of a lunatic asylum and then brought to fame by Charles Dickens, Grove Hall Park is a
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