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Opinion

Local people share their thoughts and recommndations about the local area.

Floating planters at Mile End
Campaigns Environment Local Society 

Channeling hope: how East End canals are providing respite from city life

June 7, 2019April 2, 2020 Lizzy Mace 2637 Views 0 Comments Opinion 4 min read

Environmental correspondent Lizzy has always been passionate about the environment. Since 2016 she has been reducing her non-recyclable waste and

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A Rich Mix bookswap
A Rich Mix bookswap, where book lovers can exchange old favourites for new adventures completely free
Campaigns Environment Local Society 

Something borrowed, nothing new – easy ways to reduce overconsumption

May 21, 2019May 24, 2019 Lizzy Mace 2634 Views 0 Comments Opinion 5 min read

Environmental correspondent Lizzy has always been passionate about the environment. Since 2016 she has been reducing her non-recyclable waste and

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Crankbrook Community Food Garden
Campaigns Environment Local Society 

Move to East London, become a gardener!

April 22, 2019April 22, 2019 Lizzy Mace 2500 Views 0 Comments Opinion 5 min read

Environment correspondent Lizzy Mace lives in Globe Town, is Chair of Cranbrook Community Food Garden, and leads the Plastic-free Roman

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A graffitied wall in Hackney Wick and Fish Island
Campaigns Local Planning and development Society 

What the Creative Enterprise Zone means for Hackney Wick and Fish Island

April 15, 2019April 12, 2019 Rachel Blake 2694 Views 0 Comments Opinion 2 min read

Hackney Wick and Fish Island (HWFI ) have just been recognised as one of London’s most exciting creative communities –

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Members of Extinction Rebellion at the Tower Hamlets council meeting
Members of Extinction Rebellion at the Tower Hamlets council meeting on Wednesday to present a petition calling for urgent action on air pollution
Campaigns Environment Local Society 

Tower Hamlets’ drive for clean air

March 23, 2019March 28, 2019 Lizzy Mace 3302 Views 3 Comments Opinion 9 min read

Following a recent survey showing that children’s lungs in the most polluted parts of Tower Hamlets are 10% smaller than

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Lizzy Mace of the plastic-free Roman Road campaign
Campaigns Environment Local Society 

Going plastic-free – a journey from ‘I’ to ‘we’ and how the personal becomes the political

February 25, 2019February 27, 2019 Lizzy Mace 2872 Views 0 Comments Opinion 7 min read

With the Plastic-free Roman Road project gaining traction, Lizzy Mace shares her journey from passenger to activist, and why meaningful

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Exterior of Bow Muslim Community Centre
Culture & communities Local Society 

God on the high street: the adaptive beauty of shopfront mosques

February 6, 2019October 20, 2019 Eddie Blake 1609 Views 0 Comments Opinion 6 min read

Architect and local resident Eddie Blake examines how mosque traditions are being shaped to fit on the high street, wedding

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Roman Road LDN birthday flyer
Good causes Local Society 

Roman Road LDN’s first year has shown the hunger for local journalism

January 14, 2019February 19, 2019 Tabitha Stapely 1024 Views 0 Comments Opinion 6 min read

It is one year since Roman Road LDN was relaunched and began running as a full time web publication covering

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Photograph of people in Mile End Park, East London
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Top spots to soak up the sunshine around Mile End and Bow

May 22, 2018April 2, 2020 Cecilia Cran 2252 Views 0 Comments Opinion 3 min read

As the weather gets warmer and the evenings grow lighter, now is the time to make the most of our

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