Why artist Sue Kreitzman made Bow her home
Sue Kreitzman’s CV is almost as colourful as her living room. She funded her college degree by playing her oboe,
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Arts & artists
Tania Olive’s Cemetery Walkers: dogs and their owners [GALLERY]
Local photographer Tania Olive shares her photographs of owners and their dogs exploring the depths of the wonderful Tower Hamlets
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Jo Behari: Bow’s DIY queen
In 2007, DIY Queen and local resident Jo Behari swapped a desk job for a sledgehammer, and set up the
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A wartime love story set in Bow
Richard Sotnick’s ‘The Gods Divided’ is a touching story of a religious divide and forbidden love in wartime Britain, partly
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Local photographer Tom Oldham and his Palm Tree crooners project
Local photographer Tom Oldham is celebrating his love of the The Palm Tree public house with a series of photographs
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Old cinemas in Bow and Mile End
At one point there was as many as 33 cinemas in Tower Hamlets, but the majority of the small independents
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Eleanor Crow’s Roman Road shopfront illustrations
Eleanor Crow’s East London shopfront illustrations capture the spirit of some of our most loved shopfronts in the Roman Road
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Pie, mash and jellied eels: An evocative look at Roman Road
Melanie McGrath’s tale of life on Roman Road through the lens of G Kelly’s pie and mash shop covers the
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Zoë Gower-Jones’ Can I Take Your Picture? project
Borne out of a love for photography, Roman Road local Zoë Gower-Jones’ Can I Take Your Picture? project began on 1
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Women of Roman Road [Gallery]
In celebration of International Women’s Day we’re tipping our hats to the women of Roman Road. Andrew Leo’s documentary photography captures
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