Richard Lubbock – life after meth
Mile End resident Richard Lubbock, 72, has garnered national attention as Britain’s milder, altogether more pleasant answer to Breaking Bad’s
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Culture & communities
Your guide to the communities, cultures, creative endeavours and personal stories of the people who live in the neighbourhoods around Roman Road
Bow and Globe Town residents share their experiences of Ramadan
Ramadan is underway. To celebrate the occasion we spoke with Muslims in Bow and Globe Town about their experiences of
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Eddie Brown’s mental health story: Surviving a lifetime of archaic medical treatments
Local resident Eddie Albert Brown, 75, has struggled with mental health all his adult life. A victim of sexual abuse,
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Lights in the darkness – the corner shops of Bow [GALLERY]
Corner shops are one of the staples of city life, their owners the unsung heroes of convenience shopping. Here, local
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Portrait: The Cheeky Cockney on life after being a postman
Chris Kimberley, 58, has a top speed of eight miles per hour. He navigates east London on a blue mobility
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Ruqsana Begum – the Muslim Muay Thai Champ who can’t be boxed
Ruqsana Begum isn’t easily boxed. As well as being a Muay Thai kickboxing world champion, the Bethnal Green born ‘Warrior
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Talking to local women Q&A: Living here today
International Women’s Day was this week, and we love an excuse to dive into local women’s lives and find out
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The Grand Union Orchestra on over 25 years of East London music
The local Grand Union Orchestra, with professional musicians from all across the world, has been hiding right under our noses
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God on the high street: the adaptive beauty of shopfront mosques
Architect and local resident Eddie Blake examines how mosque traditions are being shaped to fit on the high street, wedding
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Anton Rodriguez looks inside Bow Quarter [GALLERY]
Photographer Anton Rodriguez, the genius behind the Residents: Inside the Barbican project, takes a look at the interior of some of
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Jack Ramadan: Bow’s boxing club hero
Jack Ramadan might be a fighting-fit England boxing coach, but it takes a very long time for him to get
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Local students talk about what Ramadan means to them today
It is the start of Ramadan this week. To many it is known as a month of fasting but, like
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