How Girl Guide Agnes McLaughlin is showing that the 110 year old institution is more relevant than ever
Agnes McLaughlin, 16, of the 16th Bethnal Green Girl Guides unit, has been selected to represent North West London Girl
Agnes McLaughlin, 16, of the 16th Bethnal Green Girl Guides unit, has been selected to represent North West London Girl
Just about everyone has heard of Speakers’ Corner in Hyde Park, but few know there was a time when Victoria
Globe Town’s Samba Sisters Collective use the drums to beat a new trail for female empowerment. We talk to founder
International Women’s Day was this week, and we love an excuse to dive into local women’s lives and find out
In the east end of Victoria Park there are two stone alcoves older than the park itself. Ten-feet tall, weather-worn,
If you’ve been in Bow for any amount of time you’ll have noticed the place is peppered with plaques. These
Take a walk down Bow Road and you will meet a man with red hands. Draped in a dusty Victorian
The Eleanor Arms has been selling beer on Old Ford Road for almost 150 years, but that’s not even the
Turning into the alley that houses the Nunnery Gallery, you’d be forgiven for thinking you’d stumbled into another century. Until
Krissie Nicolson is the latest in a long line of female pioneers in the East End fighting for better working
Film and photography centre and charity Four Corners has a long history of campaigning and community activism in East London.
There’s nothing like insider, local knowledge, so that’s why we asked local blogger and regular contributor Cecilia Cran to pull