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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

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

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

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

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 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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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’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

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

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

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

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