How British-Bangladeshi musicians are using ‘Benglish’ to give cultural meaning to the next generation
In the final part of our four-part series on the hidden cost of losing Bangla, we examine how popular British-Bangladeshi
Read MoreIn the final part of our four-part series on the hidden cost of losing Bangla, we examine how popular British-Bangladeshi
Read MoreIn the third part of our four-part series on the hidden cost of losing Bangla, we examine the role of
Read MoreIn the second four-part series on the hidden costs of losing the Bangla language, we examine why Bengali supplementary schools
Read MoreIn the first part of our four-part series about the hidden cost of losing Bangla, we examine why Bengalis hold
Read MoreInconspicuously located on quiet Fieldgate Street, just opposite the perma-popular Tayyabs, Janna Cafe offers homemade East African dishes that delight
Read MoreFrom Huguenot silk weavers to Bangladeshi leather makers, the newly named Weaver line celebrates the migrants behind the textile industry
Read MoreDespite the decline of the print media, the UK’s first and oldest Bengali newspaper fights on as an unshakable voice
Read More‘I think my interest in the East End is partly about having not asked my grandmother enough questions about her
Read MoreFrom market stall traders to lovers in the dim-lit corners of members’ clubs, Bandele ‘Tex’ Ajetunmobi archived everyday moments of
Read MoreImam Ajmal Masroor speaks to us about his experience of racism as a child in the East End, finding confidence
Read MoreThis is the story of how two brothers, Ayub Ali Master and Shamsul Haque, helped establish the Bangladeshi community in
Read MoreCanadian artist and fashion designer Michelle Lowe-Holder talks about moving to Whitechapel, how the area has influenced her art and
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