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A young girl holds up boxing gloves, ready to land a punch, while Valerian Spicer smiles in the background.

Valerian Spicer swapped office life for the boxing ring at 30, becoming a national champion and later a coach. Now

CGI rendition of 8 Harbord Square in Wood Wharf neighbourhood

24 July 2024 Imogen Garfinkel

Canary Wharf Group (CWG) is offering a package of support to 10 pioneering local businesses in Tower Hamlets

CWG is offering exciting opportunities for local entrepreneurs to join its lineup of rising stars in Canary Wharf’s new up-and-coming

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16 November 2023 Polly Nash

How Chisenhale Primary School in Bow is building a community beyond the school gates

Championing the spirit of the East End, Chisenhale’s duty of care reaches far beyond the classroom, going the extra mile

The Inspirational Figures installation at Republic's educational campus in Poplar. Image courtesy of Republic.

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27 October 2023 Imogen Garfinkel

Republic’s education campus has transformed into a canvas of East London’s inspirational heroes

From the female football star Alex Scott to Kano the grime pioneer, Republic’s campus in Poplar is celebrating East London’s

People skating on the ice rink at Canary Wharf

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27 January 2023 Polly Nash

Save 10% at Canary Wharf ice skating rink this February

Complete with an Off-Piste bar, live music nights, and an all-new spectator platform, ice skating at Canary Wharf caters to

Queen Mary's zero waste shop with containers of ingredients.

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9 January 2023 Polly Nash

Queen Mary Zero Waste Shop: London’s largest zero waste shop opens in Tower Hamlets

How Tower Hamlets’ first zero waste food shop on Mile End Road is changing consumer habits and letting us ‘pick

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14 May 2021 Anna Lamche

Encounter Bow: celebrating Bow’s diverse community

With Encounter Bow fast approaching, we chat to the festival’s curator, Moi Tran, about Covid-19, archives and the diverse communities

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17 July 2020 Siva Thangarajah

St. Margaret’s House on how the arts industry went digital

I don’t know anything about digital media at all,’ Cox laughs. ‘So with this grant, we were able to invest in rethinking how performance and digital platforms go together. Before, social media was more about promotion. Now it’s about engaging our audience.’