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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Save The George Tavern: neighbouring redevelopments risk music licence
Whitechapel’s historic The George Tavern is under threat once again after plans to redevelop the Exmouth Estate creates liability of
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Whitechapel Gallery announces Tracey Emin as the Art Icon 2022 recipient
The East London based artist is known for her autobiographical and expressive artwork that has been featured in Charles Saatchi’s
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My Home, My Bari exhibition: Celebrating the British Bangladeshi experience in London
Walk into a 1970s British-Bengali home through the immersive My Home, My Bari exhibition created by local fashion designer, Rahemur
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The Buxton pub and restaurant reopens its doors after a lengthy lockdown
First opened in 2019, The Buxton bistro and hotel experienced setbacks in its services due to the lockdown. After a
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Memorial garden in Aldgate to commemorate transport workers victims
Remembering the lives lost to the pandemic through the healing design of a Covid memorial garden Transport for London (TfL)
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Vanished East End exhibition at Tower Hamlets Archive Library
Get a glimpse of the industrial landscape of the East End during the 1970s and 1980s at the Vanished East
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Whitechapel locals march to ‘Save Brick Lane’
Many see the controversial plans to redevelop Truman Brewery as a significant threat to the long standing Bangladeshi community of
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Bushwood Bees: Rooftop beekeeping on the East London Mosque
Bushwood Bees have brought their honeybees to Whitechapel – and not in the most likely of places. Of all the
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