Instagram suspends The Vagina Museum’s content, is it because of pubic hair?
In the colourful landscape of social media, where cat videos and foodie photos make for hours of endless scrolling, there
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Culture
Your guide to the people, passions, culture and heritage that have formed Bethnal Green’s identity. Discover the communities and cultures of our neighbourhood, its creative industries, social history and personal stories; the heritage that has created our identity; and what we are passionate about, from philanthropic initiatives to campaigns to save our heritage and the environment.
Idia’s Community Kitchen is a lifeline for the homeless in Haggerston
Idia’s Kitchen in Fellows Court Community Centre is providing a vital lifeline for the homeless and hungry in Haggerston, writes
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‘Endometriosis: Into the Unknown’: The Vagina Museum’s mission to break the silence
The Vagina Museum’s no-holds-barred exhibition on endometriosis asks why we know so little about a condition that affects one in
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Recipes of Life: a diasporic cookbook celebrating the spiritual sustenance of community
In Recipes of Life: Stories of Migration and Brotherhood, a group of migrant men weave testimonies of displacement and belonging
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Design Duo Doshi Levien From Bethnal Green Awarded with New Year Honours List
Announced this week, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien – the design duo behind the studio Doshi Levien – are recipients
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De Terra’s chef Rafael Cagali: being Brazilian-Italian and gay in a hyper-masculine world
Rafael Cagali, head chef of Bethnal Green’s two Michelin Star restaurant Da Terra, on finding his passion for cooking and
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The Joiners Arms: from “let’s save this one gay bar” to “let’s save queer spaces”
Friends of the Joiners Arms is pioneering accessible and inclusive queer spaces, against the backdrop of the ongoing mass closure
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Artist Milou Stella: on the influence of psychology and queer theory on their quest to blur the rigid lines of categorisation
We speak to Milou Stella, an interdisciplinary queer artist, on how art has helped them overcome difficult personal challenges. “I
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Columbia Market Hall: from failed fish market to thriving flower market
Built by philanthropist Angela Burdett-Coutts, Columbia Market Hall once stood where Columbia Road Flower Market now exists, and was an
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Repton Boxing Club champion Billy Taylor’s obituary
East Ender Billy Taylor’s illustrious career spanned that from Olympic boxing champ, a member of the Territorial Army, to starring
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How Bethnal Green Working Man’s Club has become the UK’s favourite queer venue
In an interview with drag star Margo Marshall, we explore the ways BGWMC maintains its working class routes whilst embracing
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Paul Blumsom’s personal pilgrimage into his working class Huguenot history
Paul’s book about his grandfather tells the working class and Huguenot history of Bethnal Green – of refugee silk-weavers, Jack
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