Printer’s Paradise: the London Centre for Book Arts
Based in one of London’s fastest-moving tech quarters, the London Centre for Book Arts teaches us that it’s not always
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Society
Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Roman Road’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity, including Bow grime music, the East London Suffragettes, East End and Cockney, and British Bangladeshi; and what we are passionate about, from philanthropic initiatives to campaigns to save our heritage and the environment.
East End Born and Bled by Jeff Jones – ‘a fascinating history of London boxing’
Our resident reviewer Tabitha Potts dives into this fantastic book charting the lives, day-jobs and backgrounds of East End fighters
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Victoria Park by Gemma Reeves book review – touching and tasting East London
This debut novel by Gemma Reeves is a dreamy montage of lives connected by delight in the small things while
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The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Anthony Gormley
This summer, The Line art walk welcomes a series of new installations to its route, including sculptures by Tracey Emin.
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Your Home Made Perfect architect Julian McIntosh on bringing a derelict Bow church back to life
BBC Two’s Your Home Made Perfect architect Julian McIntosh tells us how he was inspired to make Holy Trinity Bow
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Turn a Blind Eye by Vicky Newham review – the body count mounts in Mile End
Our reviewer Tabitha Potts casts her eyes over Vicky Newham’s debut murder mystery Turn a Blind Eye, twisting and turning
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Market day on Roman Road – photoessay
Take a stroll down Roman Road market with photographer Wedgley Snipes. People have been ‘going down the Roman’ for over
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Secrets of the Homefront Girls by Kate Thompson – ‘beauty was their duty’
A love letter to East London, The Secrets of the Homefront Girls shows how everyone counts whatever their gender, class
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Meet Chris Ross, the East End poet keeping Cockney culture young
We talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in
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The Globe Town Library that defied the government to keep LGBTQ+ books on our shelves
Citizen journalist Kate Rutland finds out how the Globe Town Library’s fight against Margarets Thatcher’s ‘anti-gay’ legislation, earned their place
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A cockney holiday: East Ender’s favourite seaside haunts
With foreign travel likely off the cards this year, we rediscover the seaside holiday destinations that East Enders have long
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Roman Road to be left with no high street banks from September 2021
The Nationwide branch is set to close on 19 August, with the Barclays following suit on 15 September, leaving many
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