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Mayor Lutfur Rahman outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall. Image credit: Shabbir Lakha.

‘School Strike for Palestine’ sees hundreds of Tower Hamlets students march out of class to local MP’s office

17 November 202321 November 2023 Imogen Garfinkel

Four hundred Tower Hamlets school students marched towards Labour MP’s office, Rushanara Ali, demanding her removal after not voting for

Where's My Boozer Gone? mural at Arnold Road. Photo credit Ben Martin.

Local Local economy News

New mural preserves the memory of East London’s historic boozers

17 November 202317 November 2023 Imogen Garfinkel

East London may be rapidly losing its historic boozers, but our lost pubs are being commemorated by a new mural

East London by artist Naomi Bailey, as part of the 'Cityscapes' series. Fine Art Giclee Print. East London was originally created using acrylic, watercolour paint, black Indian ink and pen.

Art and artists Culture Local

Artist Naomi Bailey aka Wanderrover on painting to preserve the East End

10 November 202322 November 2023 Imogen Garfinkel

‘In times like these, I don’t know how artists live’: the Mile End painter on standing up for artists’ rights

Protest on Saturday 21 October outside Keatons on Mile End Road about poor housing conditions and section 21 eviction notices. Image credit: London Renters Union.

Local Local democracy News

Tower Hamlets renters receive a shock section 21 eviction notice

24 October 202325 October 2023 BBC Local Democracy Reporter

After complaining of rent and damp in their rental property, Tower Hamlets tenants were served a section 21 eviction notice,

Growing Concerns, a gardening centre at Wick Lane, East London. Image by Tabitha Stapely © Social Streets CIC

Environment Local News

Petition calling to bring back the garden centre at Wick Lane attracts 820 signatures

19 October 20233 March 2024 Imogen Garfinkel

After the closure of Growing Concerns garden centre on Wick Lane last year, Tower Hamlets residents have launched a petition

Co-owners Louis Rooney and Julian Gascoigne outside new shop, Rook Records, in Hackney Wick

Co-owners Louis Rooney, and Julian Gascoigne outside Rook Records. Photo by Polly Nash © Social Streets CIC

Local Out & About Shopping

Rook Records opens first bricks-and-mortar store in Hackney Wick

6 October 20239 October 2023 Polly Nash

Bringing the vinyl revival to Bow: Rook Records becomes the latest in a stream of roaming and online shops to

Acme co-founder Johnathan Harvey sitting at his desk at the Acme Gallery, 1977.

Jonathan Harvey at his desk at The Acme Gallery, 1977. © Acme Archive.

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Acme co-founder Jonathan Harvey OBE obituary

29 September 20238 April 2024 Polly Nash

Acme co-founder and former chief executive who opened up affordable studio spaces and paved the way for East London’s influential

Interior of The London Buddhist Centre with Mural

Photograph of London Buddhist Centre Prayer Room in Globe Town

Local Out & About What's on

Open House London: Our Tower Hamlets highlights for 2023

29 August 202313 September 2023 Simran Kumar

Open House London returns this weekend. The festival celebrates the urban landscape of London, allowing people to venture through the doors of iconic buildings around the city.

Mile End Underground Station entrance with living depiction forensic image of man's face who died at the station in 1975, imposed onto the top right-hand corner.

The living depiction image of the man was produced by forensic artist, Hew Morrison, issued by Locate International charity.

Incidents Local News

Image released to identify man who mysteriously died in Mile End Station

29 August 20234 September 2023 Polly Nash

Locate International charity has issued a living depiction of the unidentified man who was killed by a train at Mile

Bow Business Centre after a fire was put out by fire engines on the Road below.

Image courtesy of London Fire Brigade.

Incidents Local News

Fire at Bow Business Centre leaves homes severely damaged

28 August 202330 August 2023 Polly Nash

Residents say that no alarm sounded in the commercial and residential building as more than 100 firefighters tackled the blaze

Armet Francis fashion photograph of woman on chair posing in a purple jumpsuit holding a black umbrella.

Image courtesy of Autograph Gallery.

Local Out & About What's on

Armet Francis: Beyond the Black Triangle at Autograph Gallery

21 August 202324 August 2023 Polly Nash

The work of Jamaican-British photographer, Armet Francis, captures the fragmented experiences and resilience of diasporic communities in London. From 22