This is Home: Mikray Tursun, an Uyghur playwright in Stepney
Hailing from Northern China with West End dreams, we speak to Tursun about Uyghur musical theatre and her life in
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Author: Agatha Scaggiante
Foodbanks and families protest slashed budgets outside Town Hall
With holidays approaching, the 10,000 families relying on Council funding for food still don’t have regular deliveries back – or answers
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Local Winter Fuel Payment scheme for pensioners begins rollout
The scheme was announced in October however pensioners were not sure how to apply for the payments until Thursday’s announcement
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Truman Brewery v Save Brick Lane: What you need to know about the campaign to save the East End as we know it
A set of new, even bigger plans to turn Brick Lane into a monolithic retail centre has reignited the long-running
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Was the Best Value Inspection of Tower Hamlets Council justified?
A recent central government inspection of Tower Hamlets Council and Mayor Lutfur Rahman diagnosed a ‘toxic’ culture – but why
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Tower Hamlets food banks left in the lurch after unannounced budget cuts
The Council, recently criticised by government inspectors for its lack of transparency, has slashed its regular supply of food deliveries
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Ministerial envoys assigned to Tower Hamlets Council following controversial Best Value Inspection
Central government has decided to monitor Mayor Lutfur Rahman’s administration of Tower Hamlets Council for a second time amid concerns
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David Hoffman’s Endurance & Joy in the East End 1971–1987 book review
The first extensive photobook by legendary riot photographer David Hoffman shows the hard and soft sides of daily life in
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A tenacious ancestry of The Peacock Pub, one of the last Stepney boozers
Weathering incendiary bombs, a flood of bobbies and a cut-throat recession The Peacock Pub has outlived even its street name.
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Trade union UNISON urges council to divest pension fund from links to Gaza occupation
Tower Hamlets’ largest trade union suspects its pension fund supports companies linked to the Israeli government’s occupation of Gaza, and
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Book review: Child Migrant Voices by Eithne Nightingale
Using East London as a base, Child Migrant Voices in Modern Britain sheds light on the lived experiences of child
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Mass student protests in Bangladesh leads to unrest in Whitechapel
Student protests in Bangladesh over a job quota system have sparked international concern and local clashes in Whitechapel’s Greatorex Street
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