Tower Hamlets photographer Rehan Jamil wins Portrait of Britain Award
Photographer Rehan Jamil celebrates the diversity and evolution of Muslim men’s prayer clothing, from local and traditional to modern styling.
Read morePhotographer Rehan Jamil celebrates the diversity and evolution of Muslim men’s prayer clothing, from local and traditional to modern styling.
Read moreLeonard G Montefiore started his charitable work in the East End at Toynbee Hall and went on to support over
Read moreThe London Hospital Tavern recently turned 270. We talk to Kirk Slankard, the current general manager whose family has owned
Read moreBoxing club owners are determined to not let the club close despite not being able to afford the rent increased
Read moreOne year after Sainsbury’s opened in Wapping Lane, residents and organisations say the high street is barely hanging on and
Read moreWeathering incendiary bombs, a flood of bobbies and a cut-throat recession The Peacock Pub has outlived even its street name.
Read morePost-war Prime Minister Clement Attlee saw Stepney as his spiritual home and his horror at the squalor in the East
Read moreOnce viewed as a path out of poverty, education for second-generation British-Bangladeshis is now about breaking down barriers for minority
Read moreTower Hamlets’ Young Mayor, Fetuma Hassan speaks to us about the lack of youth representation, falling in love with politics,
Read moreBrick Lane’s curry houses may be in terminal decline but they laid the pathway for the next generation of British-Bangladeshis
Read moreAs the colourful sarees and shalwar kameez of the 70s are being replaced by more religious hijabs and abayas on
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