Albie Matthews


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Albie Matthews
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The history of Lakeview Council Estate, from post-war bomb site to Victoria Park’s gateway
The Lakeview Estate, on the edge of Victoria Park, is one of the narrowest council estates in Tower Hamlets. Despite

Brick Lane’s popular Momlette cafe opens a new branch in Mile End
A Bengali-English cafe opened its doors last Thursday, 21 March, offering a fusion of Bengali street food and good ol’

Inside Mile End’s Pragati Sangha temple as the Bengali Hindu community celebrates Dolyatra, their Holi Day
How Tower Hamlet’s only Bengali Hindu Temple brings the colours and joy of Holi Day to a quiet residential street

The journalists and doctors celebrated in the ‘Heroes of Palestine’ street murals
The Palestinian flags might be on the way out in Tower Hamlets, but all across our borough walls are painted

Olga Primary School unveils a mural of Lotte, our East End Lioness
A striking blue and white portrait towering above Olga Primary’s playground hopes to inspire a new generation of Lionesses in

Meet the inexplicably cute canal cats patrolling Bow’s waterways
Among the human inhabitants who call our canals home are their furry companions, the canal boat cats, who add an