From sixties youth group to East End nirvana – the origins of the London Buddhist Centre
With its origins in north London, the story of how the London Buddhist Centre came to operate from the Old
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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.
Hay, horseshoes, and Trooping the Colour: a morning at Bow Police Stables
The nuts and bolts of a place like Bow Stables are the same now as they would have been a
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Behind the red doors of Bethnal Green Fire Station
They say a busy station is a happy station, and if they’re right Bethnal Green Fire Station on Roman Road
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Q&A with artist Camilla Brendon about her Hertford Union Canal residency
Camilla Brendon is an artist currently in residence at Chisenhale Studios. Her project, which focuses on materials and plant life
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Bow playwright Simon Stephens on East London, the gentrification of bacon sarnies, and that Hot Priest
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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Liveable Streets traffic trial cancelled – what’s next?
A series of partial road closures in Bow were suspended on Saturday, just hours into a scheduled eight-day trial period.
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‘Raw Materials: Plastics’ exhibition explores the invention of plastic in East London
Not many people know that plastic was invented right here in East London. Well, it was, and Bow Arts has
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Extinction Rebellion stages East London Uprising
Environmental group Extinction Rebellion ran three days of workshops, exhibitions, and nonviolent protests last weekend as part of its East
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‘Black Widow’ Linda Calvey on the realities of East End gangster life
Flowery dress. Red toenails. Bleached blonde hair. Linda Calvey, 71, doesn’t exactly scream East London gangster when we meet on
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East London’s oldest school faces closure
Consultations are open on plans to close Raine’s Foundation School in August 2020, with Oaklands Secondary School expanding in order
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The tattoo studios of Roman Road
The art of the tattoo is an ancient one, and as embedded into East End culture as ink in skin.
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New coworking space opens on Bow Road
Mainyard Studios has opened a new coworking space at 35 Bow Road. The space, which is in the process of
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