Whitechapel Bell Foundry update: Tower Hamlets Council have approved the plans. Read the news on the BBC. The Tower Hamlets Development Committee will consider the latest planning application for Whitechapel Bell Foundry next Thursday, 14th
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Kay Harding wrote in to say that she’d signed the petition to save the Whitechapel Bell Foundry, but wondered what was happening next. I promised to conduct some research. I started with the Tower Hamlets
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There are places that will be specially open for you to visit free of charge this weekend 21st and 22nd Sept 2019. Locally in Bow these include: Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park – which on Sunday
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Victoria Park The All Points East Festival comes to Victoria Park this weekend and next. See the lineup and book tickets here. State Graphics in China 1960s & 70s This interesting sounding exhibition is on
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Streets of the World outdoor photo exhibition at Canary Wharf These photos are great. Jeroen Swolfs has spent 7 years photographing the street life of 195 capital cities of the world. This enormous outdoor photo
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During WW2 British code-breaking was carried out 50 miles north of London at Bletchley Park. Today it houses a collection amazing museums. It’s very easy to get to from Euston Station. Rotor based cipher machines
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By now Henry was usually out of sight, increasingly ill with tuberculosis. Henry’s inner circle set about enriching themselves on an enormous scale.
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I like London because of all the constant change and dynamism which drives this city forwards. But everywhere you look there are reminders of our fantastic history. If you step across the road from Stepney
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