Writeidea Festival 2018 This weekend (16-18th Nov) Tower Hamlets Council’s reading festival will take place at the Whitechapel Idea Store. See the full programme here where you can book free tickets to hear your favourite
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WW1 Memorial Events near Bow
Above: “Killed by a bomb thrown from a Zeppelin” – a photo I took in Abney Park Cemetery (Stoke Newington) in 1982. At 11am on Sunday 11th Nov 2018, the 100th anniversary of the end
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Events and Exhibitions around the East End
Top photos; Laying out the Shrouds of the Somme on Mon 5th November by the ArcelorMittal Orbit. Read previous article. A Mindful Mess 2018 Next weekend, 9-11th Nov 2018, Sunday Assembly East End, Poplar Union and Antenna Collective are presenting a
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The Shrouds of the Somme 8th-18th Nov 2018
Above: a British casualty. After 141 days the Battle of the Somme ended on 18th Nov 1916. On the first day 19,240 British men died. By the end of the battle over 1.1 million men (British,
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Exhibitions and Events near Bow, London, E3
Photo above: relief on Poplar Town Hall, Bow Road. Shipbuilding to Banking On Sun 4th Nov Andrew Parnell is running his guided walk Shipbuilding to Banking: The Isle of Dogs’ Story. The walk starts at
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