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The 9/11 public artwork in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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‘Since 9/11’ – the 9/11 public artwork in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park

September 10, 2019September 17, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 6920 Views 0 Comments Features 2 min read

On the east side of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, outside the London Aquatics Centre, there is a striking piece

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Summertime in Victoria Park, East London
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Victoria Park: the people’s park of East London

June 21, 2019April 2, 2020 Anna Lezard 15095 Views 9 Comments Features 8 min read

Victoria Park has been voted the nation’s favourite park two years in a row, and with good reason. It has

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couple walking up tiled stairs of mile end tube station
Miles of Tiles, Mile End tube station © Luke Agbaimoni
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Mile End tube station: ‘Miles of Tiles’ [GALLERY]

April 12, 2019April 18, 2019 Georgina Roberts 8914 Views 0 Comments Galleries 2 min read

Every day, some 25,000 of us hop on at Mile End tube station to brave the baking Central line, whether

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Interior of the House Mill in Bromley-by-Bow
Photographs by Claire Watts
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Cocooned in wood: the House Mill through a photographer’s lens [GALLERY]

April 2, 2019April 3, 2019 Claire Watts 9530 Views 0 Comments Galleries 1 min read

It has been some time since the streets were awash with gin, but entering the old House Mill in Bromley-by-Bow

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The exterior of Stour Space on Fish Island
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Stour Space – Fish Island’s creative venue taking grassroots national

March 2, 2019March 20, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 9030 Views 1 Comment Features 4 min read

Stour Space on Fish Island began as an abandoned warehouse – ten years on it is a thriving creative venue

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Sylvia Pankhurst Toy Factory
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Sylvia Pankhurst and the East London Toy Factory

February 16, 2019February 17, 2019 Natasha Forrest 9318 Views 0 Comments Features 4 min read

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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An Archive photo of Victoria Park Lido
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In need of a bath: the bathing lakes and Victoria Park Lido

February 11, 2019July 23, 2019 Natasha Forrest 8924 Views 2 Comments Features 4 min read

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 memorial and clock
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Old Bow Library’s philanthropic origin

January 18, 2019January 18, 2019 Natasha Forrest 5912 Views 1 Comment Features 4 min read

Obscured by trees, most of us pass by Vernon Hall without a second glance, hurrying on to the Idea Store

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Sign for the Nunnery gallery hanging across Victorian alleyway in Bow East London
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The Nunnery Gallery: Art by and for Bow

November 16, 2018January 23, 2019 Frederick O'Brien 2728 Views 0 Comments Features 6 min read

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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The front of Bethnal Green Library
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Bethnal Green Public Library, from mental asylum to refuge of the arts

October 30, 2018January 18, 2019 Dominika Kubinyova 4191 Views 1 Comment Features 5 min read

Bethnal Green Public Library in Bethnal Green Gardens offers a serene place to study, read and work, a far cry

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Black and white engraving showing the ironwork interior of the Bethnal Green Museum of childhood
Illustrated London News opening of the Bethnal Green Museum by Prince Albert in 1872
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The V&A Museum of Childhood, from common land to local landmark

October 17, 2018January 18, 2019 Tabitha Potts 3482 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

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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Photograph of York Hall Leisure Centre where the London Jobs Fair will be held
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York Hall Spa, a perfect place for recuperation just off Roman Road

July 12, 2018September 3, 2019 April Kosky 3696 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

It might be known by many as England’s most famous boxing venue, but tucked away in the bowels of York

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