Arts & artists

You would be forgiven for thinking Hannah Brown’s natural landscape paintings – with their quiet lakes and light-dappled foliage – are placed somewhere in the British countryside.

Rohan is eleven years old and plays the clarinet. ‘I like that there’s different age groups, and we all play together, and hang out afterwards. I miss my friends, and I can’t wait to see them in real life when all this is over. But I’m glad we haven’t stopped our lessons, and we’re still seeing each other.’

‘I love capturing the individuality of people through photos. And they also tell me their stories. For instance, I shot this lady at Cafe Creme, who said she and her friends meet up at the cafe everyday and have a chat.’

Chisenhale Art Place, the imposing red brick warehouse set on the Hertford Canal on Chisenhale Road, has housed artists, sculptors and dancers since the1980s yet its origin remains little-known by locals.

‘Sense of community is the soul of this area, Roman Road included. I felt so out of place when I first came to London but Tower Hamlets has been at the root of all my relationships with people of varying ethnicities, races and genders (or lack thereof).’

We talk to social photographer and East End native, Rehan Jamil, about his latest project Full English, about what it means to British and Muslim, and the importance of documenting the changing faces of East London.

Angular high rise estates, colourful shop fronts, graffiti-covered doorways and graphic 60s tiling. Local fashion photographer Leanne Bebbington has drawn

One of our favourite things about Roman Road is how everyone – cafes, shops and houses alike – gets into