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Simon Stephens inside Loafing on Roman Road
Arts & artists Local Society 

Bow playwright Simon Stephens on East London, the gentrification of bacon sarnies, and that Hot Priest

July 22, 2019July 24, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 5885 Views 0 Comments Features 8 min read

If Simon Stephens was a biscuit he would probably be a Wagon Wheel. He didn’t arrive at this conclusion lightly,

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Peter Marigold's piece at the Raw Materials: Plastics exhibition
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‘Raw Materials: Plastics’ exhibition explores the invention of plastic in East London

July 16, 2019July 24, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 3678 Views 1 Comment Features 5 min read

Not many people know that plastic was invented right here in East London. Well, it was, and Bow Arts has

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A tattoo design at Dharma Tattoo in Bow
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The tattoo studios of Roman Road

July 8, 2019July 16, 2019 Anna Lezard 5322 Views 0 Comments Features 3 min read

The art of the tattoo is an ancient one, and as embedded into East End culture as ink in skin.

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Shutter art at Peckover Butchers on Roman Road
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The shutter art of Roman Road [GALLERY]

June 27, 2019June 27, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 9895 Views 1 Comment Galleries 3 min read

You see a different side to Roman Road at night. When the market stalls have been packed away and the

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A scene during The Sweet Science of Boxing at Wilton's Music Hall
Arts & artists Local Society 

Review: ‘The Sweet Science of Bruising’ at Wilton’s Music Hall

June 18, 2019June 19, 2019 Tabitha Potts 3884 Views 0 Comments Reviews 4 min read

This entertaining and moving play set in Wilton’s Music Hall brings together four very different women to tell the story of Victorian lady boxers.

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Exterior of Genesis Cinema on the final Fragments Festival night
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Curtain falls on inaugural Fragments Festival at Genesis Cinema

June 16, 2019May 1, 2020 Frederick O'Brien 5434 Views 0 Comments News 1 min read

Genesis Cinema celebrated the final night of its first ever Fragments Festival on Saturday. Organised in six months, the festival

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Aaron Christian in his Bow home
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Bow filmmaker Aaron Christian on the privileged world of internships

June 9, 2019February 6, 2020 Frederick O'Brien 3585 Views 0 Comments Features 6 min read

Bow-based filmmaker Aaron Christian, 34, is a born and bred East Londoner. His debut short film, The Internship, is a

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HONNE performing at All Points East in Victoria Park
Photograph by Luke Hannaford
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HONNE-coming: Bow duo perform at All Points East

May 31, 2019July 6, 2019 Tabitha Stapely 2880 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

Bow band Honne, whose first gig was at our very own Muxima on Roman Road, returned from a world tour

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Crate Brewery, No. 18 in An Opinionated Guide to East London © Helen Cathcart
Crate Brewery, no. 18 in An Opinionated Guide to East London © Helen Cathcart
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‘An Opinionated Guide to East London’ book review

April 24, 2019June 18, 2019 Georgina Roberts 5464 Views 0 Comments Reviews 2 min read

‘Information is dead. Long live opinion’, declares the foreword of An Opinionated Guide to East London. Hoxton Mini Press has

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Indigo Face band in Bow Quarter
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Indigo Face channel the spirit of Bow Quarter

April 17, 2019April 18, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 4026 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

Bow based pop band Indigo Face are the new hot property in the old Bow match factory. The trio has

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Ben Wakeling and Benjamin Kelly
Ben Wakeling, left, and Benjamin Kelly at a Hackney Wick Life Drawing session. Wakeling has helped guide Kelly from class newbie to throwing his own exhibition
Arts & artists Local Society 

From sketching novice to exhibition star – a year in the life of Hackney Wick Life Drawing

April 8, 2019April 11, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 5643 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

Four days after moving to east London Benjamin Kelly attended a life drawing class for the first time. A year

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Huguenots in the early 19th century in Huguenots history - book review
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‘The Story of the Huguenots’ book review

April 5, 2019April 10, 2019 Tabitha Potts 5752 Views 2 Comments Reviews 5 min read

Many visitors walk around the streets of East London and admire the unique architecture and the elegant houses with their

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