Local life, culture and things to do

Natasha & John Flint: the artists who confronted death in a small Wapping flat

June 21, 2022June 23, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 10 Views 0 Comments 7 min read

We speak to the father and daughter duo behind GET OFF THE BALCONY exhibition about cabin fever, trauma and their

June 8, 2022June 10, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 30 Views 0 Comments 5 min read

The life of a Catholic priest can be a disciplined and exacting one. We speak to the meditative Fr.Alex Angodage

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 46 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

Everything about this restaurant is inconspicuous. Tucked away down a narrow passageway, towards the bottom of Whitechapel High Street, Al-Kahf

May 30, 2022June 7, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 45 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

Whitechapel and Brick Lane are notorious for their pulsating street life and much lauded curry houses. However, what is so

The Church of St Mary & St Michael

May 26, 2022June 6, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 156 Views 1 Comment 8 min read

A TimeOut writer once labelled Commercial Road , ‘a four-lane monster roaring out towards Essex.‘ I went to the grand

May 13, 2022May 25, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 102 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

In 1986 Wapping was transformed into a ‘mini police-state’ when it became the arena for a monumental political struggle known

Demonstrations in the wake of Altab Ali's murder

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 54 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

On the 7th of May, Tower Hamlets Local History Library & Archives will host an event examining Bengali resistance to

April 24, 2022June 10, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 66 Views 0 Comments 1 min read

Since 2020, Édith Piaf’s yacht had been listed for sale on Sotheby’s website. However, the £1.49 million listing has recently

Saif Osmani of the Save Brick Lane coalition. Photo by Christopher Spring, © Social Street CIC

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Lily Wakeley 141 Views 1 Comment 12 min read

Why is the Save Brick Lane campaign fighting the redevelopment of the Truman Brewery? Brick Lane holds a furtive place

Principal Colin Bailey outside of Queen Mary's University

April 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 132 Views 0 Comments 3 min read

The employees union at Queen Mary University has called on the University to conduct an external investigation into principal Colin

A view of the SCT community gardens behind Shoreditch Church.

April 12, 2022April 12, 2022 Gulistan Elidemir 57 Views 0 Comments 6 min read

How East End charity Spitalfields City Trust is using social media to stay relevant to GenZ and teach the world

April 4, 2022June 20, 2022 Cormac Kehoe 96 Views 0 Comments 2 min read

Queen Mary University threatened to deduct 100% of staff’s wages if they failed to reschedule classes missed during strikes. In