Market day on Roman Road – photoessay
Take a stroll down Roman Road market with photographer Wedgley Snipes. People have been ‘going down the Roman’ for over
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Galleries
East London art exhibitions open this spring: from Whitechapel to Chisenhale Gallery
As art exhibitions re-open, we explore the best East London’s galleries have to offer, from performance art to painting to immersive sculptural experiences.
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Surprising vistas of a wintery dawn walk along the Regent’s Canal
These photos of Regent’s Canal taken recently on a dark dawn walk capture a moment in time in the history
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Community spirit shines through this year’s Christmas light displays
We sent local photographer Phil Verney to capture the best Christmas lights around the Roman Road area.
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A window into life on the canal [photoessay]
I wanted to capture intimate scenes of people’s autumn evenings on the boats.
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Why the local milk round is enjoying a revival
Trevor Culling is the neighbourhood’s silent and often invisible friend, delivering milk to door steps around Roman Road when the
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Sulkin House through a photographer’s lens
Sulkin House is one of the most distinctive buildings in East London, which is no small feat. Designed by Denys
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Oodles of poodles at the Victoria Park Dog Show 2019 [GALLERY]
The Victoria Park Dog Show is the place to be seen in East London, if you’re a dog. Every year
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Bex Shaw’s drawings of Roman Road [GALLERY]
Bex Shaw has lived in Bow for 10 years and immortalised many of the area’s shop fronts with her artwork.
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MO and the Red Ribbon street parade in pictures [GALLERY]
On one of hottest days of the year, thousands of people turned out on Roman Road to see MO and
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The shutter art of Roman Road [GALLERY]
You see a different side to Roman Road at night. When the market stalls have been packed away and the
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Mile End tube station: ‘Miles of Tiles’ [GALLERY]
Every day, some 25,000 of us hop on at Mile End tube station to brave the baking Central line, whether
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