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Your guide to the communities, cultures, creative endeavours and personal stories of the people who live in the neighbourhoods around Roman Road
‘Representation is so important,’ she says. ‘Seeing yourself on TV, on social media it creates confidence because you think, “there’s someone who looks like me doing all these things, and I can do this too.”’
Local photographer Jamie Sinclair captures how residents, businesses and organisations came together during the early days of lockdown. Sinclair was
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What makes this image unusual, and typical of Covid-19, is the singular plane spotted in the left hand of the photo. Detje says ‘they’re so rare now, compared to how many planes we would normally see’.
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Baxter often works the allotment with his younger son, often enjoying Sunday lunch there with the rest of his family. ‘It’s really a rewarding activity for kids I think, because you get to look after and nurture something, and see it grow.’
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Trevor Culling is the neighbourhood’s silent and often invisible friend, delivering milk to door steps around Roman Road when the
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Meet Ksantikara Dharmachari, the person who can introduce you to life within the mysterious walls of the London Buddhist Centre,
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Augustus Casely-Hayford, writer and broadcaster, current director of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art in Washington US and part
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Last September, just six years after its founding, Victoria Park Singers performed at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall.
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The Victoria Park Dog Show is the place to be seen in East London, if you’re a dog. Every year
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Daniella Stuart, Stepney resident of 30 years, came out as a trans woman in 2017 when she was 49. The
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Karen Burke, 45, had lived in Bethnal Green for nearly 20 years when she lost her job over issues with
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Tabitha Potts is a writer who lives in East London, an area which inspires much of her work. She has
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