I’ve been reading the stories about “city trees”, which are moss-filled structures which are claimed to clean the air as effectively as 275 actual trees. On Saturday I headed up the Central Line to Leytonstone
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Lady Coborn Pub?
There are lots of comments under our Where’s My Boozer Gone? story so far post. The most recent from Annie Green asks: “Anybody know about a pub called the Lady Coborn which was apparently on
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Tullio Crali: A Futurist Life Exhibition
I can recommend this extraordinary exhibition of Italian paintings at the Estorick collection in Canonbury. You can easily get to it from the East End by taking the London Overground from Whitechapel to Canonbury. The
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“Liveable Streets” – Traders Workshop
Please pass this on ASAP to anybody you know who has a shop or market stall in Bow. Tower Hamlets Council has just sent out a notice that they are holding a Liveable Streets co-design
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Tower Hamlets Local Plan
The Tower Hamlets Local Plan for the next ten years was formally adopted by the council on Weds 15th Jan 2020. Mayor, John Biggs, said that the population of Tower Hamlets had doubled during the
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Print Trade History, Winter Lights Festival, Sewing Class
Update: Bow Arts closing venues: “We have taken the decision to close our public venues – RAW Labs, Nunnery Gallery, Nunnery Café and Lakeside Centre will be closed from 18 March 2020 until further notice
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Safer Neighbourhood Public Meeting
The Tower Hamlets Safer Neighbourhood Board are holding a public meeting from 6-8pm at the Toynbee Hall on Weds 29th Jan 2020. The Toynbee Hall is at 28 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LS – just
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Try the Ukulele, Crossrail, Filmmaking on the Roman, BBBC at 35
Ever tried a ukulele? From 7pm every Monday the Queen of Hoxton hosts a free Ukulele Jam. They say: “For ukers of all abilities we sing and strum our way through over 50 songs in
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