Prime Minister Clement Attlee: The Mayor and MP of Stepney who founded the NHS
Post-war Prime Minister Clement Attlee saw Stepney as his spiritual home and his horror at the squalor in the East
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Culture
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 an escape from poverty, education for second-generation British-Bangladeshis is now a fight for representation
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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Battle of Cable Street: ‘I was there when the East End said “No pasaran” to the fascists’
October 4th marks the 88th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street – when plans by Sir Oswald Mosley and
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How the curry house generation have paved the way for second-generation British-Bangladeshis to create a ‘new-wave’ Bengali cuisine
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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Second-generation British-Bangladeshis: How immigration laws and social media apps are changing attitudes towards arranged marriages
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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Second-generation British-Bangladeshis; How South-Asian clothing is navigating the tightrope of Bengali, British and Muslim identities
As the colourful sarees and shalwar kameez of the 70s are being replaced by more religious hijabs and abayas on
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Dr Fatima Rajina’s book on how British-Bangladeshi Muslim identity transformed after 9/11
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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Beigel or bagel? The history of the Eastern European Jewish staple and how it shaped the East End today
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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Jewish Anarchism in the East End: A club, a newspaper and three visionaries
Rudolf Rocker. Source, unknown
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Stepney Green Gardens: a ribbon of green, a clock tower, and a fountain
Once known as Mile End Old Town, Stepney Green Gardens was a strip of green space saved from developers back
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Trailblazer of Tower Hamlets: Miriam Moses, the UK’s first female Jewish mayor, and her lasting legacy
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 ‘The Elephant Man’: his exploitation, saviour and early death in Whitechapel
Joseph Merrick, nicknamed The Elephant Man, resided at 259 Whitechapel Road in Tower Hamlets.
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