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Tracey Emin sculpture, A Moment Without You, at Three Mills, part of The Line art walk

Photo © Angus Mill, courtesy of The Line

The Line art walk: From Tracey Emin to Anthony Gormley

July 23, 2021July 28, 2021 Anna Lamche 52 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

This summer, The Line art walk welcomes a series of new installations to its route, including sculptures by Tracey Emin.

East End poet Chris Ross enjoying a plate of pie and mash at GKelly's on Roman Road.

Photo Tabitha Stapely © Social Streets

Arts & artists Cultural heritage Culture & communities East End & Cockney Local Society

Meet Chris Ross, the East End poet keeping Cockney culture young

July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 Evie Breese 413 Views 0 Comments Features 7 min read

We talk to Chris Ross, the Cockney poet taking social media by storm with his poems about everyday life in

A big brunch spread featuring salmon on toast, avocado, yoghurt and a Bloody Mary.

Mae + Harvey, Roman Road

Food & drink Lifestyle Local Restaurants & cafes

The best places to brunch near Roman Road

June 24, 2021July 13, 2021 Anna Lamche 6972 Views 4 Comments Features 10 min read

Everyone’s favourite meal, we explore the best brunch places our area has to offer. Since the word was first coined

Sitting with his schnauzer, stylist Wojtek van Portek in his Bow home.

Photos by Rose Palmer © Social Streets

Culture & communities Design & home Fashion & beauty Lifestyle Local Society

Living in style: inside the Bow flat made beautiful by stylist Wojtek van Portek

June 11, 2021June 16, 2021 Anna Lamche 240 Views 1 Comment Features 7 min read

Wojtek van Portek, Roman Road’s resident stylist and art director, chats to us about styling his compact home in Bow.

A black-and-white photograph of Stepney Union Workhouse on a grey, overcast day. Leafless trees in the foreground.

A view of the Stepney Union Workhouse, Bromley-by-Bow.

Buildings & landmarks Cultural heritage Local Society Things to do

Inside the Stepney Union Workhouse, home to East London’s poorest children

June 4, 2021June 9, 2021 Citizen Journalist 173 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

Citizen journalist Kate Rutland dives into the records of the Stepney Union Workhouse to unearth the lives of the pauper

Mehmet Alpetkin stands at counter in Stitches; Hamiyet and Dilek sew behind him

Image © Tabitha Stapely

Design & home Fashion & beauty Lifestyle Local Shopping Society

Stitches, the tailoring business bringing East London’s clothes back to life

June 2, 2021June 4, 2021 Anna Lamche 148 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

Based on Roman Road, Stitches is a small tailoring business gaining a big reputation for bringing East London’s clothes back to life.

Charlotte Payne, in a flat she can't sell due to the fire safety cladding scandal.

Campaigns Local Planning and development Society

Cladding scandal: Trapped in a ‘matchbox’ in Bow East

May 30, 2021May 28, 2021 Evie Breese 637 Views 8 Comments Features 5 min read

Resident of the Mojo Development, Charlotte Meehan, tells her story of being trapped in a building riddled with fire safety

The old Four Corners headquarters at 113 Roman Road

Photos by Four Corners ©

Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local

Camera as liberation: the founding of Four Corners and Camerawork

May 6, 2021May 7, 2021 Anna Lamche 169 Views 0 Comments Features 5 min read

As Four Corners edges towards a full reopening, we glance back over its radical history, inextricable from that of the road it serves.

Bow, Globe Town, Stepney and Bromley-by-Bow poverty map, 1898, Charles Booth.

Cultural heritage East End & Cockney Local Society

Charles Booth’s poverty map of London: where does your street rank?

April 24, 2021June 11, 2021 Siva Thangarajah 49715 Views 0 Comments Features 3 min read

Charles Booth’s poverty maps have been digitised by the London School of Economics allowing us to compare streets then and

Sylvia Pankurst with Emmeline and Christabel, 1911, before the family feud that led to the foundation of the East London Federation of Suffragettes.

Local Society Suffragettes

East London Federation of Suffragettes: How a family rift sparked a militant movement

April 22, 2021April 23, 2021 Anna Lamche 301 Views 1 Comment Features 2 min read

Sylvia Pankhurst’s militancy led to the foundation of East London Federation of Suffragettes.

Food & drink Local Shopping

High street makeover: What’s new on Roman Road?

April 15, 2021April 16, 2021 Evie Breese 419 Views 0 Comments Features 8 min read

With a European mini-break or day at a seaside still off the cards, we’re taking you on a walking tour

Getting their vaccine, Art Pavilion, Mile End. Photoessay by Rose Palmer.

Photography by Rose palmer

Cultural heritage Culture & communities Local Society

Vaccine stories: Injecting hope at the Mile End Art Pavilion

April 10, 2021April 9, 2021 Evie Breese 429 Views 0 Comments Features 9 min read

Mile End Park’s stunning Art Pavilion has been turned into a vaccination centre to play its part in the fight

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