The House Mill – industry, craftsmanship, and a boatload of gin
The House Mill has weathered many storms in its time. It has endured the Blitz, scavengers, and Olympic redevelopment. It
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Things to do
Places to visit, things to do and what’s on around Roman Road including events, exhibitions, courses, workshops, walks, talks and nightlife.
Stour Space – Fish Island’s creative venue taking grassroots national
Stour Space on Fish Island began as an abandoned warehouse – ten years on it is a thriving creative venue
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The mystery prints of Roman Road
The East End is a haven for artists and hidden talent, and this week we’ve seen just how hidden our
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Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Toy Factory
Sylvia Pankhurst is well known around these parts. Most know of her activism for women’s suffrage. However, many don’t know
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In need of a bath: the bathing lakes and Victoria Park Lido
With the newly reopened Hub in Victoria Park, it seems fitting that we remember something old and largely forgotten there
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Old Bow Library’s philanthropic origin
Obscured by trees, most of us pass by Vernon Hall without a second glance, hurrying on to the Idea Store
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The Nunnery Gallery: Art by and for Bow
Turning into the alley that houses the Nunnery Gallery, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into another century. Until
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Globe Town, the wellbeing mecca of East London
To many Globe Town is a place you travel through to get to somewhere else, to Bow or Bethnal Green
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Bethnal Green Public Library, from mental asylum to refuge of the arts
Bethnal Green Public Library in Bethnal Green Gardens offers a serene place to study, read and work, a far cry
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The V&A Museum of Childhood, from common land to local landmark
Once common land for Bethnal Green, the V&A Museum of Childhood was funded by Prince Albert’s Great Exhibition, tiled by
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Best things to see see and do along the Regent’s Canal
There are so many reasons Mile End and its surrounds are the best place to live in London, writes local
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A tour of street art in Bow, Mile End, and Globe Town
There’s nothing like insider, local knowledge, so that’s why we asked local blogger and regular contributor Cecilia Cran, or @mileendmoments
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