Fabulous exhibition: Visual Thinking Part 1 2020 – now closed Last Sunday I walked past the Ecology Pavilion in Mile End Park. It was shuttered front and back as usual. I was fully expecting to
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Author: Alan T
I've lived in Bow since 1985, and am fascinated by the rich history of the East End. I'm also interested in all the recent ongoing changes.
Tower Bridge Lift Times, Bike Show, Museum of Childhood & more
Tower Bridge lift times There was a time when Tower Bridge used to go up and down a lot, causing random traffic jams. They have helpfully posted the lift times online, perhaps now of more
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Another Eye photo exhibition at Four Corners
Now closed due to Coronavirus. Another Eye, the new exhibition at Four Corners, celebrates the women photographers who came to Britain as refugees in the early 1930’s. Mostly Jewish, they were fleeing fascism and had
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New Book: The East End Canal Tales
There’s a new book out written by Carolyn Clark which weaves together the memories of 50 local residents with historical accounts. The East End Canal Tales tells intriguing, humorous, moving and often surprising stories of
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Help wanted to turn St Leonard’s Priory Cemetery into a Park
St Leonard’s Priory was founded in the time of William the Conqueror. Since then it’s been knocked about a bit. King Henry VIII shut it down and gave it to one of his supporters who
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