Culture and communities — Bethnal Green LDN

‘Who’s gonna call Ronnie Kray a poof? People did, and they were killed’: Bad Gays historian Huw Lemmey tells all

Meet the strongwomen of the Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we speak to female strength trainers at the inclusive Bethnal Green Weightlifting Club Nine years

Storm Simon, a homeless care leaver has been aged by struggles most of us never encounter, but her youth and

From polyamorous choirs and non-monogamy picnics to sex-positive kink parties, east London is a community hub for those redefining intimacy

If E. Pellicci’s walls could talk, they would tell some fascinating tales about the celebrities who have dined there –

In the colourful landscape of social media, where cat videos and foodie photos make for hours of endless scrolling, there

Idia’s Kitchen in Fellows Court Community Centre is providing a vital lifeline for the homeless and hungry in Haggerston, writes

In Recipes of Life: Stories of Migration and Brotherhood, a group of migrant men weave testimonies of displacement and belonging

Announced this week, Nipa Doshi and Jonathan Levien – the design duo behind the studio Doshi Levien – are recipients

After 21 years silenced, Nancy Kray – the niece of Bethnal Green gangster twins – shares what it means to

Eleanor Crow’s illustrated world of the East End prove that paintings can develop lives of their own, instigating surprising and

Channelling the seditious energy of printers from the 1600s, Calverts printing cooperative has been putting the activism into Bethnal Green