Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Whitechapel’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity; and what we are passionate about, from philanthropic initiatives to campaigns to save our heritage and the environment.
Once viewed as a path out of poverty, education for second-generation British-Bangladeshis is now about breaking down barriers for minority
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Brick Lane’s curry houses may be in terminal decline but they laid the pathway for the next generation of British-Bangladeshis
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In Whitechapel’s Bengali community, younger generations are redefining the tradition of arranged marriages by incorporating digital matchmaking and cross-cultural influences.
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As the colourful sarees and shalwar kameez of the 70s are being replaced by more religious hijabs and abayas on
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As she confronts how the War on Terror shaped the language and clothing of British-Bangladeshis in her debut book, Dr
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As Brick Lane’s yellow-fronted Beigel Shop reopens after a surprising four-month closure, we journey back to 14th-century Poland to unravel
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Rudolf Rocker. Source, unknown
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Once known as Mile End Old Town, Stepney Green Gardens was a strip of green space saved from developers back
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Miriam Moses gave her life to the people of Stepney, pioneering what was then Tower Hamlet’s future, and now its
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Joseph Merrick, nicknamed The Elephant Man, resided at 259 Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets.
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The first scene of the film installation in Andrew Pierre Hart’s exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery in Tower Hamlets East London.
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Norwegian student Victoria Brustad on breaking out of the bubble of her home city Oslo, and broadening her perspective on
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