The Printers Strike: When Wapping was briefly transformed into a ‘mini- police state’
In 1986 Wapping was transformed into a ‘mini police-state’ when it became the arena for a monumental political struggle known
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Author: Cormac Kehoe
Mile End event explores Bengali resistance to racism in the East End.
On the 7th of May, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives will host an event examining Bengali resistance to
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Édith Piaf’s ‘love-boat’, docked in Wapping, no longer for sale?
Since 2020, Édith Piaf’s yacht had been listed for sale on Sotheby’s website. However, the £1.49 million listing has recently
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Staff at Queen Mary’s call for investigation into principals shareholdings.
The employees union at Queen Mary University has called on the University to conduct an external investigation into principal Colin
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Staff promise further disruption in defiance of Queen Mary University’s threats to deduct pay.
Queen Mary University threatened to deduct 100% of staff’s wages if they failed to reschedule classes missed during strikes. In
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